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> [Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property. In a state of slavery, the two last are wholly abolished, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/civil-rights-as-we-may-remember-are-reducible-to-three-primary-heads/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

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## More by St. George Tucker

> [That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/that-provision-in-the-constitution-which-requires-that-the-president/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and this without any qualification as to their condition or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/the-right-of-the-people-to-keep-and-bear-arms-shall-not-be-infringed/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/wherever-standing-armies-are-kept-up-and-when-the-right-of-the-people/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/civil-rights-as-we-may-remember-are-reducible-to-three-primary-heads/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [Whilst America hath been the land of promise to Europeans, and their descendants, it hath been the vale of death to millions of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/whilst-america-hath-been-the-land-of-promise-to-europeans-and-their/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [Nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children, even of aliens, born in a country, while the parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/nothing-is-better-settled-at-the-common-law-than-the-doctrine-that/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state: it belongs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/the-congress-of-the-united-states-possesses-no-power-to-regulate-or/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

> [There was a sorry judge who lived at the Swan by himself. He got but little honor, and he got but little pelf \[i.e.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-george-tucker/there-was-a-sorry-judge-who-lived-at-the-swan-by-himself-he-got-but/)

[St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-george-tucker/)

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