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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the…
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible…
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Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the…
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and…
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty.…
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy…
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The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of language.…
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Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array…
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.
— J. Sidlow Baxter
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God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but…
— Thomas Brooks
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It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if…
— Joseph Story
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The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable…
— Ron Paul
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith…
— William James
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In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities…
— Thomas Jefferson
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
— William James
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It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded…
— Frederic Bastiat
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty.…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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