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First Principles: All Distinctions of Birth Or of Rank Have Been Abolished. All Citizens, Whether Native Or Adopted, Are Placed Upon Terms of Precise Equality
“All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.” – James Polk
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Tagged Abolishment, Adopted, All Citizens, Birth, Distinction, Entitlement, Equality, First Principles, James K. Polk, Native, Percision, Protection, Rank, Rights, Term
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First Principles: Systems of Education Should Be Adopted…Which…Implant…the Principles of Virtue and of Liberty
“It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue … Continue reading
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Tagged Adopted, American Youth, Atachment, Country, Diffuse, First Principles, Government, Inspire, Just and Liberal Ideas, Liberty, Minds, Noah Webster, Object, Principles, Sciences, Systems of Education, Virtue
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First Principles: On Every Question of Construction Carry Ourselves Back To the Time When the Constitution Was Adopted, Recollect the Spirit Manifested In the Debates
“On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adopted, Conform, Constitution, Debates, First Principles, Invested, Meaning, Passed, Probable, Question of Construction, Spirit Manifested, Squeezed, Text, Thomas Jefferson, Time
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