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  • Equal and exact justice to all men†freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of the person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selectedthese principles form the bright constellation that has gone before us.

    -Thomas Jefferson
    Inaugural address, 4 Mar.

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