Edward Livingston Quotes

• By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.

  Edward Livingston

  Law, Empowering, Mind

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• No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.

  Edward Livingston

  Abuse, Suffering, Slavery

  Edward Livingston (2010). “A System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana”, p.10, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.

  Edward Livingston

  Comfort, Sometimes, Cures

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