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Which Quotes by Samuel Freeman Miller
- The value of a decision as a precedent is very much enhanced by the care with which it has been considered, and if the opinion…
- Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were founded on the common law,…
- Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
- The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities of the people…
- May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July,…
- History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the sound construction of…
- A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and…
- The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to its power to…
- Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It…
- Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the…
- No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention…
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