 | Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 ページ
...pi'operty were not framed for him as well as his Have ? And whether the flave may not as juftifiably take a little from one, who has taken all from him, as he may flay one who would flay him ? Thai That a change in thé relations in which a man is píae»... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 ページ
...force, and not in conscience : and it is a problem which I give to the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property...a little from one, who has taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him ? That a change in the'relations in which a man is placed should... | |
 | Joshua Marsden - 1816 - 324 ページ
...social; their resentments are short and easily cancelled, having a good deal of the child about them, against the violation of property were not framed...take a little from one who has taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him; that a change in a man's relative situation should change his ideas... | |
 | David Martin - 1819 - 124 ページ
...distinguished patriot observes, "It is a problem which, I give to the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property,...take a little from one who has taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him." The above observation, with a little transposition of words gives... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 ページ
...force, and not in conscience : and it is a problem which I give to the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property...a little from one, who has taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him ? That a change in the relations in which a man is placed should... | |
 | Edward Strutt Abdy - 1835 - 434 ページ
...Upshur, in the Virginia Convention. " It is a problem, which I give to the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property...take a little from one who has taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him ? " — Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. " It is certainly humiliating... | |
 | 1837 - 486 ページ
...special depravity of the moral Kate. It is a problem which I give the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property were not framed for HIM ts well as for his slnve — and whether the slave may not as justifiably take a littlt from one who... | |
 | Friend of freedom and the prepetuity of the union - 1849 - 154 ページ
...special depravity of the moral sense. It is a problem which I give the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property were not framed for HIM as well as for his slave—and whether the slave may not as justifiably take a little from one who has taken ALL... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 634 ページ
...force, and not in conscience ; and it is a problem which I give to the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property...take a little from one who has taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him ? That a change in the relations in which a man is placed should... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 ページ
...force, and not in conscience ; and it is a problem which I give to the master to solve, whether the religious precepts against the violation of property...may not as justifiably take a little from one who h;is taken all from him, as he may slay one who would slay him ? That a change in the relations in... | |
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When arguing for ourselves, we lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right: that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force and not in conscience: and it is a problem which I give... 
