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If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for…

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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 all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is… — Alexander Hamilton
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and… — Thomas Jefferson
A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is… — Thomas Paine
A republican form of government, without intelligence in the people, must be, on a vast scale, what a mad-house, without superintendent or… — Horace Mann
This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State.… — Unknown Author
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right. — Thomas Paine
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. — George Washington
A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution… — Thomas Paine
Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America. — Barack Obama
If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter — Thomas Jefferson
Thus, those who say they would have right without its correlate, wrong; or good government without its correlate, misrule, do not apprehend… — Zhuangzi
A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism. — James Q. Wilson

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