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To take his money is robbery; to appropriate his house or land is spoliation; but house and land are less than the right by which the citizen is assured in all other rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To take his money is robbery; to appropriate his house or land is spoliation; but house and land are less than the right…”
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of property rights and their relation to individual rights.
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