Frases de James Wilson

James Wilson , foi um dos 56 signatários da Declaração de Independência dos Estados Unidos em 4 de Julho de 1776. Os seus conhecimentos sobre governação eram tais que frequentemente é considerado como o mais erudito dos Pais Fundadores dos Estados Unidos.

Eleito duas vezes para o Congresso Continental, foi um dos seis primeiros juízes nomeados por George Washington para a Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos, em 1789. Wikipedia

✵ 14. Setembro 1742 – 21. Agosto 1798

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James Wilson: Frases em inglês

“Man, fearfully and wonderfully made, is the workmanship of his all perfect Creator: A State; useful and valuable as the contrivance is, is the inferior contrivance of man; and from his native dignity derives all its acquired importance.”

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

“The executive power is better to be trusted when it has no screen. Sir, we have a responsibility in the person of our President; he cannot act improperly, and hide either his negligence or inattention; he cannot roll upon any other person the weight of his criminality; no appointment can take place without his nomination; and he is responsible for every nomination he makes… far from being above the laws, he is amenable to them in his private character as a citizen, and in his public character by impeachment.”

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Arguing for a single executive at the Philadelphia Convention (1787).

“Let a state be considered as subordinate to the people: But let everything else be subordinate to the state.”

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

“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.”

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

“To the Constitution of the United States the term SOVEREIGN, is totally unknown.”

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Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793), at 454.

“Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. Far from being rivals or enemies religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistance. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other.”

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as quoted in The Works of the Honourable James Wilson (Philadelphia: Bronson and Chauncey, 1804), Vol. I, pp. 106 & 103-105.