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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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History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make.
— Jean Bodin
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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with…
— Douglas MacArthur
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History teaches that a race of people is best preserved where the greater number hold one common spirit in consequence of the…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future.
— Thomas Jefferson
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From the Soviet gulag to the Nazi concentration camps and the killing fields of Cambodia, history teaches that granting the state legal…
— Pete du Pont
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Of all the lessons history teaches, this one is the plainest: the person who tries to achieve ends through force is always…
— Unknown Author
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Even as we do all that's necessary to ensure Israel's security, even as we are clear-eyed about the difficult challenges before us,…
— Barack Obama
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If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.
— Peter Ustinov
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History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
— Wole Soyinka
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History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression,…
— Jimmy Carter
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If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.
— Gordon S. Wood
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History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.
— Chalmers Johnson
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