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The rescue of a person, who is assaulted, or restrained of his liberty, without authority of law, is not only morally, but legally, a meritorious…

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Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice…
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has…
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter…
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the…
If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never…
No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts.
All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number of wage…
It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other…
Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms…
And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave, and murder…
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending…
Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions…

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In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in… — Abraham Lincoln
[T]he influence of the German school is most obvious in relation to the contract theory of the origin of the state and… — Charles Edward Merriam
For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and assailed or menaced every class, institution, and… — Benjamin Disraeli
All my writings may be considered tasks imposed from within, their source was a fateful compulsion. What I wrote were things that… — Carl Jung
It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I sometimes think I should like to give up business entirely. The care and worriment attending large business interests are very great,… — Jay Gould
Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in… — Roger Scruton
I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any… — Eric Holder
Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of… — Eric Johnston
When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives. — Abbe Pierre
An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed. — William Pickens
The enemy has assailed my outposts in heavy force. I have fallen back on the line of Bull Run and will make… — P. G. T. Beauregard

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