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But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because it is repugnant to the law of nature and of nations.


William H. Seward


#because #constitution #constitutional #law #must

But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.


William H. Seward


#deny #i #man #property #recognizes

I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.


William H. Seward


#constitution #deem #does #established #i

I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.


Gerrit Smith


#doctrine #government #i #i believe #i believe that

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.


Potter Stewart


#dichotomy #does #false #liberties #people

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.


Malcolm Bradbury


#christians #corruption #grow #innocent #old

With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power.


Ezra Stiles


#especially #original #people #power #property

We tend to think of our selves as the only wholly unique creations in nature, but it is not so. Uniqueness is so commonplace a property of living things that there is really nothing at all unique about it. A phenomenon can't be unique and universal at the same time.


Lewis Thomas


#commonplace #creations #living #nature #nothing

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.


Richard Pryor


#ashes #best #comfort #cremated #die

We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this.


Hilary Rosen


#businesses #creating #going #group #internet






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