Charles Sumner: “Here again the claim is not merely for the community, but for “all…”

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Here again the claim is not merely for the community, but for “all men,” and it is set forth thus positively in a Declaration of Rights.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the universal claim of rights for all individuals, not just communities, in the context of liberty.

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