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Bill Taft: “A citizen himself can not by contract or otherwise divest himself of the right, nor can this Government escape the…”

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A citizen himself can not by contract or otherwise divest himself of the right, nor can this Government escape the obligation, of his protection in his personal and property rights when these are unjustly infringed in a foreign country.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft asserts that citizens cannot relinquish their rights to protection from the government when abroad.

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