All government is founded on this authority.
All persons are free by nature and are equal in their inher- ent and inalienable rights.
Among these rights are the en- joyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and the acquiring and possessing property. These rights cannot endure unless the people recognize their corresponding obli- gations and responsibilities. No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of reli- gion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor be denied the equal protec- tion of the laws, nor be denied the enjoyment of his civil rights or be discriminated against in the exercise thereof because of race, religion, sex or ancestry. No citizen shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to other citizens, unless by the law of the land.