 a liberty for every one to do what he lists, to live as he pleases, and not to be tied by any laws"; but freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power erected...  Two Treatises of Government - Page 141by John Locke - 1824 - 277 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Locke - Liberty - 1764 - 438 pages
...to have a flanding rule to live by, common to every one of that fociety, and made by the legiflative power erected in it ; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, where the rule prefcribes not ; and not to be fubjedt to the inconftant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another... | |
 | James Fennell - France - 1792 - 512 pages
...ftanding rule to live by, •'* common to every rule of that fociety, ** and made by the legiflative power erected ** in it. A Liberty to follow my own will ** in all things, where the rule prefcribes " not, not to be fubject to the inconftant " uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of ** another... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1796 - 474 pages
...have a {landing rule to live * by, common to every one of that fociety, * and made by the legiflative power erected * in it ; a liberty to follow my own will in * all things, where the rule prefcribes not ; ' and not to be fubjecl: to the inconftant, un* certain, arbitrary will of another... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 726 pages
...proles, geniti ad ea, qua majores virtute peperere, subvertunda ?' We are yet free, and, ' The freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of the society, and made by the legislative power created in it.' So says Locke, who is appealed to as... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...seems to supply what is wanting in those before mentioned. " Freedom of men under government (says he) is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every...things, where the rule prescribes not, and not to bo subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another mm,." On (lovermnent, b.... | |
 | Earl Richard Grenville-Temple Temple - Great Britain - 1853 - 650 pages
...House, that seat of liberty and spirit." — Lord Temple to Lord Chatham, April 2, 1770. " The freedom of men under Government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of the Society, and made by the Legislative power created in it. So says Mr. Locke who is appealed to... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...the following definition from Loeke: — " Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rulo to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it: a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not. and not... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - 1872 - 390 pages
...read and pondered much, and who explained to us that the very nature of a civilized and free society is " to have a standing rule to live by, common to...and made by the legislative power erected in it." The very object, he adds, " of civil society is to authorize a legislature to make laws for us, as... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...Justice Coleridge cites, as preferable to the text, the following definition from Locke : — " Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule...of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it ; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...Sentiments Proper to the Present Crisis. Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule lo live by. common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it ; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not... | |
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