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The apology, that is constantly put forth for the injustice of government, viz., that a man must consent to give up some of his rights,…

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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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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable.… — Charles Baudelaire
I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There… — Elayne Boosler
Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the… — Eric Alterman
In the long run, nothing can withstand reason and experience, and the contradiction religion offers to both is palpable. — Sigmund Freud
The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker. — Beeban Kidron
Again and again I am brought up against it, and again and again I resist it: I don't want to believe it,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail… — Max Delbruck
Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he… — James Boswell
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. — Agnes Repplier
The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of ... constitutional principles. — James Madison
The black revolt is as palpable in letters as it is in the streets. — Unknown Author
A hit, a very palpable hit. — William Shakespeare

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