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The difference between a revenue law and the great statute of Freedom is as wide as the space between earth and heaven.
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Sumner emphasizes the profound difference between ordinary laws and the fundamental right to freedom.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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