 In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power ; the weak cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil society is for the purpose of making an equalization of powers that...  The Gorgon [ed. by J. Wade]. - Side 108redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 sider
...not to possess property, it is used to TOI unlawful purpose, as fire-arms would be in a similar case. In a state of nature, all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power; the weak cannot protect himself against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil society... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 sider
...to possess property, it is used to an unlawful purpose, as firearms would be in a similar case. 116. In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power : the weak cannot protect himself against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1835 - 522 sider
...not to possess property, it is used to an unlawful purpose, as fire-arms.would be in a similar case. In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power; the weak cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1835 - 718 sider
...Academy — Relations with Prance. [H. or H. dians of our own country? I think I have shown that it is. In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but not in power. The weak cannot protect themselves against the strong1. The object of civilized Governments... | |
 | 1842 - 1124 sider
...which I have been speaking. It was an association for the protection of the property they had stolen. In a state of Nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power ; the weak cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1895 - 464 sider
...not to possess property, it is used to an unlawful purpose, as fire-arms would be in a similar case. In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power ; the weak cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil... | |
 | University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1900 - 244 sider
...equalization of power which shall correspond to that equality of rights which existed before it was created. In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power; the weak cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1908 - 390 sider
...not to possess property, it is used to an unlawful purpose, as fire-arms would be in a similar case. In a state of nature all men are equal in rights, but they are not equal in power ; the weak 268 cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of... | |
 | Clint Bolick - 1988 - 174 sider
...coercive power of the legislature was antithetical to the social contract, Paine explained that [i]na state of nature, all men are equal in rights but they are not equal in power: the ueak cannot protect themselves against the strong. This being the case, the institution of civil... | |
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