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... . Declaration of Rights , 249 Declaration of Independence , Articles of Confederation , . Questions , 252 255 · 264 LXVII . The Majority , LXVIII . Political Parties , CHAPTER I. The First Ideas of Government and Law . Vi CONTENTS .
... . Declaration of Rights , 249 Declaration of Independence , Articles of Confederation , . Questions , 252 255 · 264 LXVII . The Majority , LXVIII . Political Parties , CHAPTER I. The First Ideas of Government and Law . Vi CONTENTS .
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... question soon arises , who makes the law ? The answer to this is readily given ; it is the govern- ment . But what ... questions , which , one after another , arise in the mind , young persons gradually obtain answers ; but these are ...
... question soon arises , who makes the law ? The answer to this is readily given ; it is the govern- ment . But what ... questions , which , one after another , arise in the mind , young persons gradually obtain answers ; but these are ...
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... question who shall have the bone , is settled by fighting it out , and the strongest has it . The law of nature , then , is a law of force : where there is no other than natural law , might is the only rule of right . Even if all men ...
... question who shall have the bone , is settled by fighting it out , and the strongest has it . The law of nature , then , is a law of force : where there is no other than natural law , might is the only rule of right . Even if all men ...
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... question , one thing is plain , —that equal rights , equal laws , and an equal administration of these laws - so that the rich and the poor , the high and the lowly , the citizen and the office - holder , shall all stand on the same ...
... question , one thing is plain , —that equal rights , equal laws , and an equal administration of these laws - so that the rich and the poor , the high and the lowly , the citizen and the office - holder , shall all stand on the same ...
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... questions , but of civil and criminal cases . There is no part of government more important than that of the administration of justice , by which is meant the settlement of questions arising under the laws . Under the patriarchs , the ...
... questions , but of civil and criminal cases . There is no part of government more important than that of the administration of justice , by which is meant the settlement of questions arising under the laws . Under the patriarchs , the ...
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