“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.”
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“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
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“The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home”
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“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”
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