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Therefore, Sir, in the name of Right, do I insist that it is binding upon the State.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Therefore, Sir, in the name of Right, do I insist that it is binding upon the State.”
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Sumner insists on the binding nature of rights in the context of state obligations.
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