 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...  Commentaries on the Laws of England - Page 6by Sir William Blackstone - 1825Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - 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 - 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 - 1813 - 726 pages
...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... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...either by force or law ; but restraint by law is consistent with civil freedom. Locke's definition seems to supply what is wanting in those before mentioned....things, where the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary interested in the preservation of the laws,... | |
 | Earl Richard Grenville-Temple Temple - 1853 - 650 pages
...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... | |
 | 1854 - 492 pages
...lists, to live as he pleases, and not to be tried by any laws," but freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every...things, where the rule prescribes not ; and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man, as freedom of nature is to... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 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 - 1875 - 860 pages
...preferable to the text, the following definition from Locke : — " Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every...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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