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The privileges and immunities designated are those which of [natural and inalienable

The privileges and immunities designated are those which of [natural and inalienable] right belong to the citizens of all free governments. Clearly among these must be place the right to pursue lawful employment in a lawful manner, without other restraint than such as equally affects all persons. Mr. Justice Stephen Field
Justice Stephen Field: Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the Gilded Age, by Paul Kens. University Press of Kansas, 1997.

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Thus for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the …

Thus for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day’s overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom. As he surveys the various attitudes and institutions and laws that currently prevail in America, many questions will occur to him, but the Conservative’s first concern will always be: Are we maximizing freedom? Barry Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative (1909-1998)