...by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact by which the whole people covenant with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole...be governed by certain laws for the common good." Locke was among the first Englishmen to employ such language, (Locke on Government, chap, vii.) and...

...constitution of Massachusetts : " The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a Social Compact, by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws for the common good." The constitution of Connecticut recognizes the same principle: " All men, when they form a social compact,...

...constitution of Massachusetts : " The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a Social Compact, by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws for the common good." The constitution of Connecticut recognizes the same principle: "All men, when they form a social compact,...

...prosperity and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government< to provide for an...

...happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals : Body politic, it eighty rods from the place where the road crosses bv certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution...

...distinction of color, and no civil inability in classes or communities. It declares government to be a ' social compact by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws, for the common good.' " In the second article of the first chapter, it leaves all the rights of citizenship to every male...

...by his relations to others, he might retain, and, in effect, covenants with every other citizen, and with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good, among which is that each citizen will so conduct himself and so use his own property as not unnecessarily...

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...association of Body pouuo, how individuals : it is a social compact, by which the whole poo- luTa'tin'. pie covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an...

...a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenant with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in forming a constitution of government, to provide for an...