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The value of a decision as a precedent is very much enhanced by the care with which it has been considered, and…
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Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were founded on…
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It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court…
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It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress…
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities…
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Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States…
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Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
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A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject…
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the…
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History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the…
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A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are…
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If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it…
— George Washington
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Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so…
— Unknown Author
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All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this…
— James Russell Lowell
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[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of…
— Gouverneur Morris
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Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.
— Gouverneur Morris
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Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing…
— Andrew Jackson
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In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.
— Benjamin Franklin
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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
— James A. Garfield
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All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who…
— Lysander Spooner
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As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape…
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