Benjamin Franklin, 1774
The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy.
John Adams, 1776
As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a larg…