HUMAN RIGHTS
THE GENERAL SOCIAL ORDER. “Nature has made men free and equal; the necessary distinctions in the social order are based only on general utility. Every man is born with inalienable and imprescriptible rights; these are the freedom of his opinions, the care for his honour and his life, the right of property, the entire disposition of his person, his industry, and all his faculties, the communications of his thoughts by every possible means, the pursuit of well-being, and resistance to oppression. The individual’s exercise of his natural rights has no limits save those which assure the enjoyment of the same rights to the other members of society. No man may be made subject to laws other than those agreed to by him or his representatives, promulgated in advance, and legally applied. The principle of all sovereignty resides in the nation. No corporation and no individual can have any authority which does not expressly emanate therefrom.”—Lafayette.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3828, 2 November 1936, Page 2
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157HUMAN RIGHTS Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3828, 2 November 1936, Page 2
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