Gideon J. Tucker Quote

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.”

~ Gideon J. Tucker
(1826-1899) American lawyer, newspaper editor, politician
In 1866, as Surrogate of New York, he wrote in a decision of a will case: “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.”
Gideon J. Tucker, Final Accounting in the Estate of A.B., 1 Tucker 248 (N.Y. Surr. 1866).

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Mike, Norwalk
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Mike, Norwalk    7/12/21

ABSOLUTELY ! ! !  We hold this truth to be self evident. AND; no man's rights, life, liberty or property is/are (individually, in concert or an extension thereof) safe while the executive branch is out and about enforcing the legislator's / judiciary's whim.

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