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The words with which this great guaranty begin still resound: Nullus liber homo, “No freeman,” shall be denied the liberties which belong to freemen.
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Sumner emphasizes the fundamental rights of freemen as enshrined in the Constitution.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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