...Article IH of our constitution, our bill of rights, section 1 (see Acts of 1872-3, p. 5), provides that "all men are by nature equally free and independent...inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state ot society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity, namely: The enjoyment of...

...ed., VIII., 378; cen. ed., V., 254 ; last ed., IV., 416 ; Frothingham 's Rise, 511 ; Cooke's Va., 439. A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Made by the Representatives...they enter into a state of society, they cannot by 2O7 any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with...

...of Independence. Here are the most important parts of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Section 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. Section 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates...

...the exertions of even the sovereign people. The Virginia Bill of Rights of 1776 (Article 1) claimed that all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. And the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 expressed the same thoughts in the following...

...Art. l heißt es: „That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain innerem rights, of which, when they enter into a state of...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety". Die Menschenrechtserklärung diente als Vorbild für weitere Erklärungen in anderen nordamerikanischen...

...Declaration was George Mason's Declaration of Rights for Virginians, adopted the month before: "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...by any compact deprive or divest their posterity." To Mason, these rights were life, liberty, property, the pursuit of happiness and the ability to secure...

...state legislatures began to enact Bills of Rights, expressing the common principle that: All men . . . have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity.12 7R Pound, 'The Development of American Law and its Deviation from English Law' (1951)67...

...of Rights: [A]ll men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights, of which, when they enter into a state of...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity.6 Thus, we have seen (1) that no existing State has been immaculately conceived — quite...

...created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights . . . among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Mason's wording runs exactly parallel to the famous phrase that Jefferson wrote into the Declaration...

...which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. SECTION i That all men are by nature equally free and independent...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. . . . SECTION xv That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to...