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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: American politics before the revolution - Page 6
by Benjamin Franklin - 1809
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The American Whig Review, Volume 4; Volume 10

1849 - 770 pages
...who in drawing up a frame of fundamental law for that colony, declared the end of government to be, " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power." It will be borne in mind, in entering upon an examination of the first Administration, that, at its...
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of William Penn

Thomas Clarkson - Pennsylvania - 1849 - 444 pages
...skill contrived and composed the frame and laws of this government to the great end of goverrjment, to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of pouter, that they may lie free by their -just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just...
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Annals of Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware

Samuel Hazard - Delaware - 1850 - 676 pages
...contrived and composed the frame and laws of this government, to the great end of all government, viz. to support power in reverence with the people, and...free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience...
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Annals of Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware

Samuel Hazard - Delaware - 1850 - 684 pages
...contrived and composed the frame and laws of this government, to the great end of all government, viz. to support power in reverence with the people, and...free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience...
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A popular memoir of William Penn

Jacob Post - 1850 - 90 pages
...government that shall serve all places alike." " The great end of government is to support and maintain power in reverence with the people, and to secure...free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration : for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience...
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Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], Volume 1

Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 428 pages
...the Law of Love, as a rule of conduct, in the intercourse of nations. While recognizing the duty " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from abuse of power," * as a great end of government, he declined the superfluous protection of arms against...
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William Penn: An Historical Biography. With an Extra Chapter on 'The ...

William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 520 pages
...reverence to God and good conscience towards men," he ^ has formed his scheme of government so as " to support power in reverence with the people, and...free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration."4 The constitution, a rough draft only, followed. It had...
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William Penn: An Historical Biography, from New Sources. With an Extra ...

William Hepworth Dixon - Pennsylvania - 1851 - 424 pages
..."in reverence to God and good conscience towards men," he has formed his scheme of government so as " to support power in reverence with the people, and...abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obdience, and the magistrates honorable for their just administration."2 The constitution, a rough...
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The Life of William Penn: With Selections from His Correspondence and Auto ...

Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1852 - 574 pages
...contrived and composed the frame and laws of this government to the great end of all government, viz. to support power in reverence with the people, and...magistrates honorable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery. " To carry...
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Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the ..., Volume 1

Pennsylvania. Provincial Council - Pennsylvania - 1852 - 638 pages
...contrived and composed the FKAME and LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz : to support power in reverence with the people, and...free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration : for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience...
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