A man has sometimes gained a reputation for honesty, in his own State or district, by opposing some one or more of the robberies that were proposed by members from other portions of the country.
This quote illustrates how some lawmakers gain reputations by opposing corruption.
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The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.
Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.
It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.
Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?