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Quote from Candidus,


"[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them."


By:

Candidus (more quotes by Candidus or books by/about Candidus)


Pen name of Samuel Adams during the era of the Sons of Liberty

Source:

in the Boston Gazette, 1772

Categories:

Enforcement, Law, Slavery

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