...(1776), Pennsylvania (1776), Vermont (1777), or Massachusetts (1780). That of Virginia famously begins that "all men are by nature equally free and independent,...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity." Often overlooked, though, is that this formulation is a traditional usage of natural-rights language,...

...1. The scope of these natural rights statements ranged from the comprehensive treatment in Virginia, "That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...any compact, deprive or divest their posterity..." to the more pithy Maryland statement: "That all government of right originates from the people, is...

...In the Virginia Declaration of Rights, for instance, Madison wrote, "all men by nature are equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,...they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity."32 Madison added the italicized words to exclude slaves, for, according to the prevailing...

...Worten: That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights ...; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Kurz nach der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung wurde am 28. September 1776 die Verfassung...

...Rights, of which they can not by any Compact, deprive or divest their Posterity; among which are the Enjoyment of Life and Liberty, with the Means of acquiring...Property, and pursuing and obtaining Happiness and Safety." The Philadelphia newspapers reported that Thomas Jefferson was assigned by other members of...

...siehe auch Aristoteles l994: l280b]. l4l Zur Illustration: Virginia Bill of Rights (l2. Juni l776): „That all men are by nature equally free and independent...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Erklärung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte in der Französischen Revolution (26. August l789):...

...der Virginia Bill of Rights vom 12. Juni 1776 ist von vorstaatlichen, moralischen Rechten die Rede: „That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Überdies bedarf es eines Wortes der Erklärung, dass ausgerechnet der Verfassung einer Sklavenhaltergesellsch...

...Brockhaus 1 3, 350. 448 Vgl Pernthaler, Allgemeine Staatslehre 165. 149 Art l Virginia Bill of Rights: „That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." 450 Art l zweiter Satz Französische Erklärung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte: „Les distinctions...

...inalienable rights that were superior to any government."16 In the Virginia Bill of Rights Mason wrote, "That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."17 Believed Mason, "Government, is, or ought to be an institution for the common benefit, protection,...

...several alterations to this provision, so that in its final form it declared in its opening phrasing that "all men are by nature equally free and independent...they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity."6 Meanwhile, James Madison sought to improve on the proposed religious-liberty article,...