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NH Constitution Article 10: Right of Revolution.

"The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO..."

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NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place

Free elections, not family dynasties!

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NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.

Open, accessible government, for the people...

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NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

State's rights, reserved for the people of NH...

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NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don't celebrate any one religion's holidays

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NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

A logical extension of freedom of conscience.

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NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

Some rights you just can't give away.

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NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY...

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NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

This one's short and to the point.

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NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

Life, liberty, property, happiness... This article has it all.

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NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

"All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT..."

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NH Constitution Article 83 (Part 1): Encouragement of Literature, &c.

Important roles of education, literacy, & the arts in democracy: