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Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
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Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason.... The law, which is perfection of reason.
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And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Herbert Croly
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Born:
February 1, 1552
Died:
September 3, 1634
(aged 82)
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