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effectually secured against the danger of maladministration. And that, when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community has an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
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Section 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our
Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that
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Section 5. That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private
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Section 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing
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and free elections, "frequent, certain, and regular" of executives and legislators: "That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judicative; and, that the members of the two first ... should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return
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Section 6. That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property
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Declaration consists of sixteen articles on the subject of which rights "pertain to ... as the basis and foundation of Government." In addition to affirming the inherent nature of rights to life, liberty, property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, the Declaration both describes
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Virginia Declaration of Rights was one of the earliest documents to emphasize the protection of individual rights, rather than protecting only members of Parliament or consisting of simple laws that can be changed as easily as passed. For instance, it was the first declaration of rights to call
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Section 10. That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive and
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Articles 1–3 address the subject of rights and the relationship between government and the governed. Article 1 states that "all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights of which ... they cannot deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life
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Articles 2 and 3 state the concept that "all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ..." and that "whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform,
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Section 8. That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man has a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of twelve men of his vicinage, without whose
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which was later adopted on June 29, 1776. In 1830, the
Declaration of Rights was incorporated within the Virginia State Constitution as Article I, but even before that Virginia's Declaration of Rights stated that it was '"the basis and foundation of government" in Virginia. A slightly updated
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Section 13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict
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argued that under the
Declaration of Rights, any change in the form of government had to be approved by a referendum. Since the Secession Convention had not been convened by a referendum, the western counties argued that all of its acts were void. This set in motion the chain of events that
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Section 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety and is most
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and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety," a statement later made internationally famous in the second paragraph of the U.S. Declaration of
Independence, as "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that
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later proposed liberalizing the article on religious freedom, but the larger
Virginia Convention made further changes. It was later amended by Committee and the entire Convention, including the addition of a section on the right to a uniform government (Section 14).
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proposed the line "when they enter into a state of society" which allowed slave holders to support the declaration of universal rights which would be understood not to apply to slaves as they were not part of civil society. Mason owned over 100 slaves at the time.
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Section 4. None of mankind is entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.
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station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part, of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.
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Section 15. That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
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Section 14. That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from or independent of the government of
Virginia ought to be erected or established within the limits thereof.
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A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of
Virginia, assembled in full and free convention which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.
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Section 7. That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.
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unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
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Declare the inherent rights of Virginians (and mankind in general).
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property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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235:, and are endowed by their Creator with certain
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562:"The Virginia Declaration of Rights; Article 3"
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4254:Williamsburg
4184:Newport News
4179:Martinsville
4149:Harrisonburg
4124:Falls Church
4039:Westmoreland
4004:Spotsylvania
3954:Rappahannock
3924:Pittsylvania
3829:King William
3684:Chesterfield
3674:Charles City
3536:Martinsville
3526:Harrisonburg
3318:Demographics
3260:Sports teams
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3208:Homelessness
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3092:Commonwealth
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2734:Thomas Mason
2674:
2589:Ohio Company
2579:Gunston Hall
2484:Speedy trial
2441:
2409:George Mason
2335:Bicentennial
2194:
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2164:Henry Wisner
2155:
2072:Joseph Hewes
2021:George Wythe
2000:Thomas Stone
1995:William Paca
1990:Samuel Chase
1943:James Wilson
1901:Pennsylvania
1856:Lewis Morris
1782:Rhode Island
1758:Samuel Adams
1715:John Hancock
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4084:Buena Vista
4064:Independent
3999:Southampton
3894:Northampton
3869:Mecklenburg
3824:King George
3779:Greensville
3493:Metro areas
3270:State parks
3225:LGBT rights
3166:Environment
3149:Delegations
2682:Hollin Hall
2172:John Rogers
1964:George Read
1948:George Ross
1933:James Smith
1923:John Morton
1803:Connecticut
1698:Signatories
1505:(July 1776)
1493:(July 1775)
1487:(July 1775)
1433:(June 1776)
1409:(July 1774)
1378:(June 1775)
1370:Declaration
1321:(July 1774)
1144:(July 1776)
1035:February 3,
507:(July 1776)
415:before the
296:due process
249:public weal
64:(primary),
4292:Categories
4259:Winchester
4249:Waynesboro
4209:Portsmouth
4199:Petersburg
4094:Chesapeake
4074:Alexandria
4034:Washington
3989:Shenandoah
3974:Rockingham
3969:Rockbridge
3879:Montgomery
3814:James City
3759:Gloucester
3704:Cumberland
3654:Buckingham
3609:Appomattox
3566:Winchester
3473:Tri-Cities
3388:Blue Ridge
3343:Newspapers
3265:State Fair
3176:Government
2728:John Mason
2584:On slavery
2325:Centennial
2298:and legacy
2129:Lyman Hall
1865:New Jersey
1763:John Adams
1499:(May 1776)
1427:(May 1776)
1372:(May 1775)
1277:(May 1774)
1232:(May 1769)
1164:(May 1765)
1133:: writings
933:Article 13
924:Article 16
915:Article 12
903:Article 11
894:Article 10
631:2008009151
216:George III
204:John Locke
99:Wikisource
4164:Lynchburg
4159:Lexington
4104:Covington
3874:Middlesex
3854:Lunenburg
3834:Lancaster
3764:Goochland
3749:Frederick
3714:Dinwiddie
3709:Dickenson
3679:Charlotte
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