Promotion of general welfare--natural rights of persons--equality under the law--purpose of government
Missouri Constitution (1945)
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That all constitutional government is intended to promote the general welfare of the people; that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry; that all persons are created equal and are entitled to equal rights and opportunity under the law; that to give security to these things is the principal office of government, and that when government does not confer this security, it fails in its chief design.
- Source: Const. of 1875, Art. II, § 4.
