Article XIV – Each citizen has...
Article XIV – Each citizen has the right to ascertain, by himself or through his representatives, the need for a public tax, to consent to it freely, to know the uses to which it is put, and of determining the proportion, basis, collection, and duration.
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(French, German, Italian, Spanish)
Art. XIV – Tutti i cittadini hanno il diritto di comprovare o da sè stessi o pe' loro rappresentanti la necessità della pubblica contribuzione, di approvarla liberamente, di seguirne l'uso, di determinarne la quota, la riscossione e la durata.
Art. XIV – Todo Ciudadano tiene derecho, ya por sí mismo o por sus representantes, a constatar la necesidad de la contribución pública, a consentirla libremente, a hacer un seguimiento de su adjudicación y a determinar su cuantía, modo de amillaramiento y duración.
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Quotes about Human rights:
Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.
Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.
Article II – The goal of any political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, safety and resistance against oppression.
Article III – The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in the Nation. No body, no individual can exert authority which does not emanate expressly from it.
Article V – The law has the right to forbid only actions harmful to society. Anything which is not forbidden by the law cannot be impeded, and no one can be constrained to do what it does not order.
Article VI – The law is the expression of the general will. All the citizens have the right of contributing personally or through their representatives to its formation. It must be the same for all, either that it protects, or that it punishes. All the citizens, being equal in its eyes, are equally admissible to all public dignities, places and employments, according to their capacity and without distinction other than that of their virtues and of their talents.
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