"As a general rule, governments are unlimited in……" — Samuel Freeman Miller
"As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other to make laws and to repeal or amend them."
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Samuel Freeman Miller
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20 Quotes by Samuel Freeman Miller
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The value of a decision as a precedent is very much enhanced by the care with which it has been…
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Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were…
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It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of…
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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…
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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…
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Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the…
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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…
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest…
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History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed…
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A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the…
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