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There is in our political system a government of each of the several States, and a Government of the United States. Each is distinct from the others, and has citizens of its own who owe it allegiance, and whose rights, within its jurisdiction, it must protect. The same person may be at the same time a citizen of the United States and a citizen of a State, but his rights of citizenship under one of those governments will be different from those he has under the other.

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Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious beliefs and opinions, they may with practices.

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Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence.

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When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he in effect grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.

Morrison Waite

We know that this is a power which may be abused; but that is no argument against its existence. For protection against abuses by legislatures the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts.

Morrison Waite

Morrison Waite

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Born: November 29, 1816

Died: March 23, 1888 (aged 71)

Bio: Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite was an attorney and politician in Ohio. He served as the seventh Chief Justice of the United States from 1874 to his death in 1888.

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