Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be made; but if compensation be impracticable, that impracticability ought to be an obstacle to a clearly essential reform.


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Alexander Hamilton Quotes

Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be made; but if...

Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be made; but if...

Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be made; but if...

Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be made; but if...