West Virginia Constitution
Article III, § 1 — Bill of rights
West Virginia Const. art. III, § 1
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W. Va. Const. art. III, § 1.
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All men are, by nature, equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely: The enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
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