"The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may……" — Oliver Ellsworth
"The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of language. Perhaps no two men will express the same sentiment in the same manner and by the same words; neither do they connect precisely the same ideas with the same words."
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Oliver Ellsworth
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13 Quotes by Oliver Ellsworth
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any…
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It…
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Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes,…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any…
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the…
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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…
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none…
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Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power…
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public…
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I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.
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