"Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. 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 (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President |
Source: | Essay on Property, March 29, 1792 |
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