 | Thomas Paine - 1791 - 358 páginas
...in fad. It has not an ideal, but a real exiflence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a viable. form, there is none. A conftitution is a thing antecedent...conftitution. The conftitution of a country is not the a£t of its government, but of the people conftituting a government. It is the body of elements, to... | |
 | 1791 - 822 páginas
...í.iíl; it has not an ideal, but a real exigence, and wherever it cannot be produced in a vifible form, there is none. A conftitution is a thing antecedent...government is only the creature of a conftitution." — Again, fpeaking of the abufe of the word in the Engliih parliament, he fays, that " the whole is... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1795 - 170 páginas
...ihfact. It has not an ideal, but a real exiftence ; and, wherever it cannot be produced in a vijiblc form, there is none. A conftitution is a thing antecedent...conftitution. The conftitution of a country is not the afts of its government, but of the people conftituting a government. It is the body of elements to... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1795 - 180 páginas
...infafl. It has -not an ideal, but a real exiftence ; and, wherever it cannot be produced in a vifibh form, there is none. A conftitution is a thing antecedent to a governtnent, and a government is only the creature of & conftitution. The conftitution of a country... | |
 | John Dickinson - 1801 - 450 páginas
...real existence, and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government ; and a government is only the creature of a constitution. A constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting... | |
 | George Watterston - 1818 - 158 páginas
...real existence ; and whenever it cannot be produced in a visible form there is none. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government ; and a government is only the creature of a constitution. A constitution, says judge Patterson, is the form of government delineated by the mighty... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 482 páginas
...real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government, and a government is only the creature of a constitution. The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 470 páginas
...real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government, and a government is only the creature of a constitution. The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 páginas
...real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none. A constitution is a thing: antecedent to a government, and a government is only the creature of a constitution. The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1837 - 716 páginas
...real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none. A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government, and a government is only the creature of a constitution. The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting... | |
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A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government, and a government is only the creature of a constitution. The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting a government. 
