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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. Patrick Jake 'P.J.' O'Rourke		Wednesday Sep 23, 2026
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From a series of lectures given between 1790 and 1792. I go farther; and now proceed to show, that in peculiar instances, in which those rights can receive neither protection nor reparation from civil government, they are, notwithstanding its institution, entitled still to that defence, and to those methods of recovery, which are justified and demanded in a state of nature. The defence of one's self, justly called the primary law of nature, is not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law.

Quote Author: James Wilson

	James Wilson
	James Wilson (September 14, 1742 - August 21, 1798), was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, twice elected to the Continental Congress, a major force in the drafting of the nation's Constitution, a leading legal theoretician and one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of the United States. Read More

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From a series of lectures given between 1790 and 1792. I go farther; and now proceed to show, that in peculiar instances, in which those rights can receive neither protection nor reparation from civil government, they are, notwithstanding its institution, entitled still to that defence, and to those methods of recovery, which are justified and demanded in a state of nature. The defence of one's self, justly called the primary law of nature, is not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law.