 Whensoever, therefore, the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society, and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves or put into the hands of any other an absolute power over the lives, liberties,...  The Repealer's Manual; Or, Absenteeism: the Union Re-considered - Page 138by William Joseph Battersby - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Christof H. Heyns, Karen Stefiszyn - Africa - 2006 - 448 pages
...civil government on the grounds that: [whensoever therefore the legislative ... endeavour to grasp ... absolute power over the lives, liberties, and estates...of trust they forfeit the power, the people had put in their hands, for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the people, who have a right to resume... | |
 | David Lay Williams - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 356 pages
...Society [the natural right to property]; and either by Ambition, Fear, Folly or Corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any...over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People" (Locke [1690] 1988, ยง222). Locke makes it clear that this right of revolution is inextricably linked... | |
 | Micheline Ishay - Law - 2007 - 590 pages
...obedience, and are left to the common refuge which God has provided for all men against force and violence. Whensoever therefore, the legislative shall transgress...and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over the lives,... | |
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