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" We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed... "
Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early ... - Page 8555
edited by - 1905 - 11114 pages
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Horace Greeley Decently Dissected: In a Letter on Horace Greeley, Addressed ...

Abraham Oakey Hall - 1862 - 48 pages
...view of this matter to tell us frankly whether they do or do not assent to Mr. Jefferson's statement in the Declaration of Independence that governments 'derive their just powers from the consent of the governed ; and that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these...
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Logic of History: Five Hundred Political Texts: Being Concentrated Extracts ...

Stephen D. Carpenter - 1864 - 368 pages
...said: "We have repeatedly said, andweonco more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, is sound and just; and that, if the slave states, the cotton states, or...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 117

1865 - 600 pages
...will make in their constitution will be to repudiate formally the now exploded doctrine laid down 1 in the Declaration of Independence, that ' Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.' Tho point of view from which the Southerners undertook the war cannot...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 117

1865 - 600 pages
...thev will make in their constitution will be to repudiate formally the now exploded doctrine laid down in the Declaration of Independence, that ' Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.' The point of view from which the Southerners undertook the war cannot...
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Eight Years in Congress, from 1857 to 1865: Memoir and Speeches

Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1865 - 486 pages
...1861: "We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, is sound and just ; and that, if the slave States, the cotton States,...
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The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Volume 4

1866 - 394 pages
...United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution." This is in accordance with the sentiment in the Declaration of Independence, that "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"—a sentiment which, though true as it regards the medium, is most untrue...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 10

Frank Moore - 1867 - 868 pages
...all free government — the principle that the will of the people is the supreme law, or as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, that " governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed," and in our own Bill of Rights, that " all power is vested in and consequently...
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The Law of Love and Love as a Law: Or, Christian Ethics

Mark Hopkins - 1871 - 450 pages
...entering into society, the individual comes under no new obligation, and gives up no right. It is said in the Declaration of Independence, that " Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." If, as most have supposed, this refers to the foundation of government,...
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The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political ...

Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 568 pages
...secede: "We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, is sound and just, and that if the slave States, the cotton States, or...
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The Law of Love and Love as a Law, Or, Christian Ethics: With an Appendix ...

Mark Hopkins - 1872 - 444 pages
...entering into society, the individual comes under no new obligation, and gives up no right. It is said in the Declaration of Independence, that " Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." If, as most have supposed, this refers to the foundation of government,...
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