"By a State I mean, a complete body of free persons united together for their common benefit, to enjoy peaceably what is their own, and to do justice to others."
— James Wilson

January 1, 1970

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Judges from the United StatesLawyers from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaDeistsPoliticians from Pennsylvania
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Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793), at 455.

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Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793), at 455.