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That's probably more a function of era than method. I doubt any constitution these days would be highly likely to construct such a turn of phrase.
by SkyMarshal 14y ago
That's probably more a function of era than method. I doubt any constitution these days would be highly likely to construct such a turn of phrase.
- _delirium 14y agoAnd even there it was an odd confluence of particular circumstances. Two factors: 1) at that time, "life, liberty, and property" had become a catch phrase of sorts; but 2) Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin were both skeptical of property being a natural right (vs. a socially created right justified by other, more fundamental rights), so may have pushed for an alternate formulation (this is poorly documented and disputed).
- trhtrsh 14y ago"life, liberty, and pursuit of property", that is.