"No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent."
— John Jay

January 1, 1970

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Judges from the United StatesLawyers from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaChief Justices of the United StatesGovernors of New York
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Address to the People of Great Britain, drafted by Jay and approved by the First Continental Congress (21 October 1774); as contained in American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses by the Most Eminent Orators of America, Volume 1, ed. Frank Moore, D. Appleton (1872), p. 159