History and Civil Government of Pennsylvania and the Government of the United States ... |
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History and Civil Government of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) B. A. Hinsdale No preview available - 2018 |
History and Civil Government of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) B. A. Hinsdale No preview available - 2015 |
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Popular passages
Page 252 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 336 - States is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish...
Page 275 - The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
Page 357 - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable seizures and searches, shall not be violated ; and no warrant shall issue but on probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons and things to be seized.
Page 252 - The citizens have a right in a peaceable manner to assemble together for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances or other proper purposes by petition, address, or remonstrance.
Page 183 - No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published...
Page 36 - For their learning be liberal. Spare no cost; for by such parsimony all is lost that is saved; but let it be useful knowledge, such as is consistent with truth and godliness...
Page 180 - ... no bill shall become a law unless on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the persons voting for and against the same be entered on the journal, and a majority of the members elected to each House be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.
Page 201 - That in all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to face, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and in prosecutions by indictment or information, a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the vicinage...
Page 289 - The Vice-President of the United States is president of the senate, but has no vote, unless the House is equally divided.