Charles Sumner: “I say men, for in a state of Nature no man can take my property from…”

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I say men, for in a state of Nature no man can take my property from me without my consent.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that in a natural state, no one can take property without consent, reinforcing the principle of individual rights.

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Charles Sumner: “I say men, for in a state of Nature no man can take my property from me without my consent.”