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"[Self-Defence and Martial Arts:] 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. This principle of defence is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the liberty and the property of a man: it is not confined merely to his own person; it extends to the persons of all those, to whom he bears a peculiar relation - of his wife, of his parent, of his child, of his master, of his servant: nay, it extends to the person of every one, who is in danger; perhaps, to the liberty of every one, whose liberty is unjustly and forcibly attacked. It becomes humanity as well as justice." - James Wilson
Lectures on Law, Chap. XII, 'Of the Natural Rights of Individuals,' 1790.
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"[Self-Defence and Martial Arts:-] 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. This principle of defence is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the liberty and the property of a man: it is not confined merely to his own person; it extends to the persons of all those, to whom he bears a peculiar relation - of his wife, of his parent, of his child, of his master, of his servant: nay, it extends to the person of every one, who is in danger; perhaps, to the liberty of every one, whose liberty is unjustly and forcibly attacked. It becomes humanity as well as justice." - James Wilson
Lectures on Law, Chap. XII, 'Of the Natural Rights of Individuals,' 1790.
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"Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind." - James Wilson
(1742-1798) Member of Continental Congress, signed Declaration of Independence; U.S. Supreme Court Justice and delegate from Pennsylvania. Source: Lectures on Law, 1791.
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"[Philosophical and literary basis for the beginning of the US Declaration of Independence:] All men are by nature equal and free: No one has a right to any authority over another without his consent: All lawful government is founded on the consent of those who are subject to it: such consent was given with a view to ensure and to increase the happiness of the governed above what they could enjoy in an independent and unconnected state of nature. The consequence is, that the happiness of the society is the first law of every government." - James Wilson
Philadelphian Justice. Quote from his pamphlet 'Considerations on the Nature and the Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament', 1774, which is believed to have inspired Thomas Jefferson's 'original rough draft' for the Declaration of Independence. The crucial sentence is this:
'We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal and independant [sic], that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty & the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such principles & organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.' [Refer the book, 'The Life and Career of Justice James Wilson', edited by Randy E. Barnett.]
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