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" Let me add, that a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. "
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont - Page 330
by Thomas Jefferson - 1853
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 7

John Sanderson - 1827 - 374 pages
...right to nothing which another has a right to take away ; and congress will have a right to takeaway trials by jury in all civil cases. Let me add, that...what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences. The second feature I dislike, and strongly dislike, is the abandonment, in every instance,...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4

John Sanderson, Robert Waln - 1828 - 450 pages
...take away trials by jury in all civil cases. Let me add, that a bill of rights is what the people arc entitled to against every government on earth, general...what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences. "The second feature I dislike, and strongly dislike, is the abandonment, in every instance,...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of ..., Volume 2

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 540 pages
...clause of our present Confederation, which had made the reservation in express terms. It was hard Co conclude, because there has been a want of uniformity...add, that a bill of rights is what the people are entided to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should...
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America ..., Volume 3

United States. Department of State - 1833 - 548 pages
...ill as established, which may be established. I have a right to nothing, which another has a rigbt to take away ; and Congress will have a right to take...every government on earth , general or particular, and which no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. The second feature I dislike, and strongly...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and ...

William Linn - 1834 - 284 pages
...have a right to nothing, which another has a right to take away ; and Congress will have a right t» take away trials by jury in all civil cases. — Let...just government should refuse, or rest on inference. "Ths ser.ond feature I dislike, and strongly dislike, is the abandonment, in every instance, of the...
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America: From the ...

United States. Department of State - 1837 - 882 pages
...that as most of the States had preserved with jealousy this sacred palladium of liberty, those which had wandered should be brought back to it ; and to...every Government on earth, general or particular, and which no just Government should refuse, or rest on inference. The second feature I dislike, and strongly...
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The North-western Monthly: A Magazine Devoted to University ..., Volume 8

1897 - 678 pages
...by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land and not by the law of nations. . . . Let me add that a bill of rights is what the people...every government on earth, general or particular, and just what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences. The second feature I dislike, ......
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The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams: Being a Narrative of ..., Volume 3

William Vincent Wells - 1865 - 562 pages
...supplied, in his opinion, the vital absence of a bill of rights, which, he said, was what " the people were entitled to against every government on earth, general...just government should refuse or rest on inference." Adams had already said that this amendment appeared to him " to be a summary of a bill of rights."...
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The Doctrine of Presumed Dedication of Private Property to Public Use: In ...

George Ticknor Curtis - 1881 - 44 pages
...although he used very strong language, when he declared that "a bill of rights was what the people were entitled to against every government on earth, general...just government should refuse or rest on inference." * Mr. Webster was equally right when he said that the people not only limit their governments, but...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules ...

United States. Supreme Court - 1890 - 808 pages
...government having none but enumerated powers ; but Jefferson urged from Paris that a bill of rights was " what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular," and that one ought to be added, " providing clearly and without the aid of sophism, for freedom of religion,...
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