Those rights then which God and nature have established, and are therefore called natural rights, such as are life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually invested in every man than they are ; neither do they receive any additional... Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 54by Sir William Blackstone - 1791Full view - About this book
| William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 386 pages
...Legislature; for those rights which God and nature have established, called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually possessed by man. On the contrary, no human legislature has power to abridge or destroy them, unless... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 pages
...legislator. Natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not human laws to be more effectually invested in every man than they are ; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by law to be inviolable. On the other hand, no legislature has power to abridge or destroy them, unless... | |
| American Association on Mental Deficiency - People with mental disabilities - 1877 - 1178 pages
...Those rights which God and nature have established, and are, therefore, called natural rights, such as are life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually invested in every man than they are, neither do they receive any additional strength when declared... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1885 - 626 pages
...legislator. Natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not human laws to be more effectually invested in every man than they are ; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by law to be inviolable. On the other hand, no legislature has power to abridge or destroy them, unless... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 408 pages
...natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually vested in every man than they are ; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by municipal laws to be inviolable: on the contrary, no human legislation has power to abridge or destroy... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 416 pages
...rights which God and Nature have established, and which are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually vested in every man than they are; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 412 pages
...rights which God and Nature have established, and which are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually vested in every man than they are ; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 412 pages
...rights which God and Nature have established, and which are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually vested in every man than they are ; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1890 - 902 pages
...distinction is another strong reason for allowing the terms to fall into disuse. (23) Natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually invested in every man than they are No human legislation has power to abridge or destroy them, etc.,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 458 pages
...rights which God and Nature have established, and which are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually vested in every man than they are; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by... | |
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