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" The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory... "
The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to the Death of ... - Page 156
by Richard Snowden - 1809
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Annual Reports of the Officers of State of the State of Indiana

Indiana - 1851 - 720 pages
...right ;f the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government: ut, the со istitulion which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit...pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. All obstructions to the execution of the laws, nil combinations and associations,...
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The constitution of the United States of America; ... the Declaration of ...

William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...exlsts7~fill changed by an explicit and authentic "acToTThe whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon alK The very idea of the power, and the right of the people...pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey thej established Government. All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations,...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, till changed...presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations,...
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The Myth of American Individualism: The Protestant Origins of American ...

Barry Alan Shain - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...constitutions of government." He then warned that "the constitution which at anytime exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole...presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."86 Here, Washington highlighted a fear that by the end of the 18th century...
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Military Order of World Wars

Veterans - 1996 - 213 pages
...political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of Government; but the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed...the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. Towards the preservation of your Government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is...
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Strong Presidents: A Theory of Leadership

Philip Abbott - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 302 pages
...present Constitution. Thus the President closes up the revolutionary alternative in his idea of a nation: "The very idea of the power and the right of the people...presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."7' The belated president has little difficulty translating Washington's criticism...
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A Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the ...

Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 244 pages
...or ability to compel obedience as much as its basis in just principles of government. Indeed, it was the "very idea of the power and the right of the People to establish Government," Washington wrote, that "presupposes the duty of every Individual to obey the established Government."50...
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Proposals for a Constitutional Amendment to Provide Rights for Victims of ...

United States - Law - 1996 - 256 pages
...political systems is the right of the people to make and alter (heir constitutions of government; but thai the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and auUicntic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." SEC. 2. All free governments are...
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On Faith and Free Government

Daniel C. Palm - Political Science - 1997 - 230 pages
...political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists till changed...presupposes the duty of every Individual to obey the established Government. All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and Associations,...
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From Many, One: Readings in American Political and Social Thought

Richard C. Sinopoli - Political Science - 1996 - 456 pages
...political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed...presupposes the duty of every Individual to obey the established Government. [Text omitted] In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that...
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