It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two grea…

James Madison
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It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. These rights cannot well be separated. ✨ James Madison, Ralph Ketcham Selected Writings of James Madison, Hackett Publishing
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