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Indeed, in a free government, almost all other rights would become…

Quote byJoseph Story · 1779–1845

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Commentaries on the Consitution (1833), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Volume 3, Joseph Story, Hilliard, Grey (1833), § 1784, p. 661.

English (original)

Indeed, in a free government, almost all other rights would become utterly worthless, if the government possessed an uncontrollable power over the private fortune of every citizen.

— Joseph Story

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