The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

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Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions...

Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions...

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every...

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every...

Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at...

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at...

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of...

On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be...

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be...

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of...

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of...

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when...

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when...

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and...

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of...

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of...