 The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.  The New York Supplement - Page 5081920Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...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... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...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... | |
 | Timothy Farrar - Constitutional law - 1867 - 560 pages
...themselves in a certain manner." The constitution of Massachusetts asserts that "the body politic ... is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...people, that all shall be governed by certain laws." They therefore " ordain and establish "... the constitution, which they call "an original, explicit,... | |
 | Timothy Farrar - 1867 - 560 pages
...themselves in a certain manner." The constitution of Massachusetts asserts that "the body politic ... is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed.by certain laws." They therefore " ordain and establish "... the constitution, which they... | |
 | Massachusetts - Massachusetts - 1868 - 978 pages
...made for governing the Indians, and those made for the whole people, when the constitution declares that ' all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good ? ' " Probably the distinction was made because the Indians were believed to be in some degree at least,... | |
 | 1868 - 504 pages
...made for governing the Indians, and those made for the whole people, when the constitution declares that ' all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good ? ' " Probably the distinction was made because the Indians were believed to be in some degree at least,... | |
 | Charles E. Grinnell - Bible - 1871 - 404 pages
...parts of a community to the whole and the whole to the parts.1 Society has 1 As stated in its preamble, the Constitution of Massachusetts " is a Social Compact...each citizen with the whole people, that all shall some common interests in opposition to the individuals composing it. The individual must yield something... | |
 | William Whewell - Ethics - 1872 - 436 pages
...voluntary association of individuals. It 'is a Social Compact by which the whole people cove- _ nants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole...be governed by certain Laws for the common good." The Social Compact, that is, the Constitution, determines the Rights and Obligations, not merely of... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1872 - 534 pages
...ji 11 i how formed. individuals : it is a social compact, by which the whole people iu natucovenants 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 framing a constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - Citizenship - 1873 - 396 pages
...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... | |
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