Article XIII – For the maintenance of the public force and for the expenditures of administration, a common contribution is indispensable; it must be equally distributed between all the citizens, according to their ability to pay.
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(French, German, Italian, Spanish)Art. XIII – Pel mantenimento della pubblica forza e per le spese d'amministrazione è indispensabile una comune contribuzione, la quale debb' essere ugualmente ripartita fra tutti i cittadini in ragione delle loro facoltà.
Art. XIII – Siendo necesaria, para sostener la fuerza pública y subvenir a los gastos de la administración, una contribución común, ésta debe ser distribuida equitativamente entre todos los Ciudadanos, de acuerdo con sus facultades.
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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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