A man has sometimes gained a reputation for honesty, in his own State or district, by opposing some one or more of the robberies that were proposed by members from other portions of the country.
This quote illustrates how some lawmakers gain reputations by opposing corruption.
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Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
If the authority be vested in the government, the governmnt is absolute, and the people have no liberties except such as the government sees fit to indulge them with.
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.