| Michael Waldman - 363 páginas
...themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore... | |
| James F. Simon - 2003 - 356 páginas
...will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good." All could agree on at least one sacred principle: "That though the will of the majority...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression." Jefferson then hazarded a reference to... | |
| W. Speed Hill, Edward Burns - 2003 - 482 páginas
...unite in common efforts for the common good, all too will bear in mind this sacred principle that tho the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail,...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, & to violate would be oppression, let us then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart... | |
| Bereket Habte Selassie - 2003 - 358 páginas
...and Public Debate Feb 16, 1996. 35. Ibid. Four The Draft Constitution and its Ratification (While) the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. The minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression..... | |
| Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 páginas
...the standards to which will ought to conform. In his First Inaugural Address of 1801 Jefferson said: "though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable."6 Following its introductory sentence, the Declaration has two main parts. "We hold these... | |
| Stephen Howard Browne - 2003 - 180 páginas
...course, arrange themselves under the will of the law and unite in common efforts for the common good the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail that will to be rightful must be reasonable the minority possess their equal rights This government, the world's best hope the strongest government... | |
| Pamela Fleming Lowe - 2004 - 202 páginas
...themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore... | |
| Brian P. Janiskee, Ken Masugi - 2004 - 182 páginas
...feared in state governments and wanted to prevent at the national level.22 How else could Jefferson's sacred principle — "that though the will of the...rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression" — be preserved?21 As for the relationship between the US Constitution and the... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 2004 - 178 páginas
...their majority; for the law of the majority is the natural law of every society of men. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with... | |
| Rebecca Stefoff - 2005 - 146 páginas
...themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. "We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists.... | |
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