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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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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.
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If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent…
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The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power ... Prussia must concentrate its…
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Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal.
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