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Government is instituted to protect property of every sort. ... This being the end of government, that alone is a just government,
which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.
By: | James Madison (more quotes by James Madison or books by/about James Madison) |
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President | |
Source: | Essay entitled Property, published March 27, 1792 in the NATIONAL GAZETTE, and reprinted in THE PAPERS OF JAMES MADISON, Vol. 14, p. 266 (University of Virginia Press 1982). |
Categories: | Government, Justice, Property, Security |
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