"No one familiar with the common law of……" — Samuel Freeman Miller
"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 which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law."
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Samuel Freeman Miller
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20 Quotes by Samuel Freeman Miller
Samuel Freeman Miller has 20 quotes on this site.
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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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