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Ramsey Clark

Ramsey Clark is an esteemed American lawyer, born on December 18, 1927. He is renowned in the American legal community for his contributions to civil rights, anti-war, and social justice issues. more

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Book:The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont
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Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
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“Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.”

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Book:The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought
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“I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.”

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Book:The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc
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“We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.”

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Book:Jeffersonian principles and Hamiltonian principles: extracts from the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
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