The enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing proper- ty, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people.
Magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. Government is instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended. No person shall be held to answer for treason, felony or other crime, not cognizable by a justice, unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga- tion of a contract, shall be passed.