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A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the…

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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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A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills… — James Allen
The assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian State is absurd! — Adolf Hitler
A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will… — Herbert Spencer
It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are… — Anthony of Sourozh
Theology, by diverting the attention of men from this life to another, and by endeavoring to coerce all men into one religion,… — Elbert Hubbard
Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody. — Charles Koch
The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use… — Ronald Reagan
I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow… — Edward Abbey
The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others. — Edward Abbey
Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce… — Kent Nerburn
She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man… — Margaret Sanger

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