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...the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government: and this is the...only principle on which they have a right to exist. Dedicated to George Washington, and a rhapsody to France's new constitutional monarchy under the enlightened...

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...Paine, a leading American revolutionary, agreed that a government founded upon the consent of the people "is the only mode in which Governments have a right...and the only principle on which they have a right to exist."79 No wonder then that the Revolutionaryera state constitutions declared that "government of...

...the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government: and this is the...only principle on which they have a right to exist. Jefferson received a good response in 10 of the measures comprising the original Bill of Rights. The...

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...— not the compact creating society, but a second compact among the members of society establishing a government, "and this is the only mode in which...only principle on which they have a right to exist." This compact is the constitution, which is not a thing in name only, but in fact. It has not an ideal,...

...favours granted by States. On the contrary, the protection and promotion of such rights was deemed to be 'the only mode in which governments have a right to...only principle on which they have a right to exist'. 2^ Article 29 of the Universal Declaration further recognises that the protection of an individual's...