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It is a mere implication, and, being adverse to the rights of the citizen, it must be construed strictly.
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Sumner argues that implications adverse to citizens' rights must be interpreted strictly.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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