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Tag Archives: James Wilson
First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
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First Principles: Far From Being Rivals or Enemies, Religion and Law Are Twin Sisters, Friends, and Mutual Assistants
“Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other. The divine law, as discovered by reason and the moral sense, forms an essential part of … Continue reading
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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discovery the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson, Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790
First Principles: Government…Should Be Formed To Secure and Enlarge the Exercise of the Natural Rights of Its Members
“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of … Continue reading
First Principles: Far From Being Rivals or Enemies, Religion and Law Are Twin Sisters, Friends, and Mutual Assistants
“Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other. The divine law, as discovered by reason and the moral sense, forms an essential part of … Continue reading
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently; and According To Their Circumstances
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
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First Principles: To Prevent Crimes, Is the Noblest End and Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence
“To prevent crimes, is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.” – James Wilson (1790)
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances; To Protect Them According To the Dictates of Prudence
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
First Principles: We Should Look Upon the Different Parts of Government With A Just and Impartial Eye
“In observations on this subject, we hear the legislature mentioned as the people’s representatives. The distinction, intimated by concealed implication, through probably, not avowed upon reflection, is, that the executive and judicial powers are not connected with the people by … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances; To Protect Them According To the Dictates of Prudence
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
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Tagged Accord, Children, Circumstances, Decent, Dictates of Prudence, Duty, Educate, First Principles, Happiness, James Wilson, Judicious, Maintain, Parents, Protect, Regard, Respectability, Suggestions, Usefulness, Zealous
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