Transcript ROUND 1 #1
ROUND 1
#1
“Such laws make things worse for
the assaulted and better for the
assailants; they serve rather to
encourage than to prevent
homicides, for an unarmed man
may be attacked with greater
confidence than an armed man.”
#2
“The
condition of
man... is a condition
of war of everyone
against everyone.”
#3
“I
put for the general
inclination of all
mankind, a perpetual
and restless desire of
power after power, that
ceaseth only in death.”
#4
“Government
has no
other end, but the
preservation of
property.”
#5
“I
may not agree
with what you say,
but to the death I
will defend your
right to say it.”
#6
“The
culminating point of
administration is to know
well how much power,
great or small, we ought
to use in all
circumstances.”
#7
“All
mankind... being all
equal and independent,
no one ought to harm
another in his life, health,
liberty or possessions.”
#8
“Not
believing in
force is the same
as not believing in
gravitation.”
ROUND 2
#9
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
—Declaration of Independence, 1776
#10
In
all criminal prosecutions,
the accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public
trial, by an impartial jury of
the State and district
wherein the crime shall have
been committed. —U. S. Bill
of Rights
#11
The free communication of ideas and
opinions is one of the most precious of
the rights of man. Every citizen may
thus speak, write, and print with
freedom, but shall be responsible for
such abuses of this freedom as shall be
defined by law. —Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789
#12
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested
in a Congress of the United States, which shall
consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
The executive Power shall be vested in a President
of the United States of America. The judicial Power
of the United States shall be vested in one supreme
Court, and in such inferior Courts as the
Congressmay from time to time ordain and establish.
—U.S. Constitution
#13
Congress
shall make no
law respecting an
establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof. —U.S.
Bill of Rights, 1791
#14
As all persons are held innocent
until they have been declared
guilty, if arrest is considered
essential, all harshness not
necessary for the securing of the
person shall be severely repressed
by law.
—Declaration of the Rights of Man
and Citizen, 1789
#15
Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed... whenever any
Form of Government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government.
-Declaration of Independence, 1776
#16
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of
Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it
become a Law, be presented to the President of
the United States; if he approve he shall sign it,
but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to
that House in which it shall have originated, who
shall…proceed to reconsider it. If after such
Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall
agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent…to the
other House, by which it shall likewise be
reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of
that House, it shall become a Law.
—U.S. Constitution