William Paterson famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing.
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When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
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It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights of man. Men have a sense of property: Property is necessary to their subsistence, and correspondent to their natural wants and desires; its security was one of the objects, that induced them to unite in society. No man would become a member of a community, in which he could not enjoy the fruits of his honest labour and industry.
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Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province of Congress to change a state of peace into a state of war.
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The Constitution is the origin and measure of legislative authority. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go and no farther. Not a particle of it should be shaken; not a pebble of it should be removed.
-- William Paterson
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gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.
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I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.
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I would prefer a public option that would be a competitive option that would allow people to buy into a Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, which is a series of private plans.
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An erection at will is the moral equivalent of a valid credit card.
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CREDIT supposes specific and permanent funds for the punctual payment of interest, with a moral certainty of a final redemption of the principal.
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To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims that uphold public credit, and justify the solicitude manifested by the House on this point, would be an improper intrusion on their time and patience.
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He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
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I'm not interested in how things were, or how we ended up where we are now. What interests me is what we are now and what we will be.
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Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.
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I don't have much interest in being on a senior tour. I don't think I retired so that I could be on tour.
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