Benjamin Robbins Curtis
1809 - 1874
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Biography
Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American attorney and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was born in Massachusetts in 1809 and graduated from Harvard University. Curtis was known for his dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, where he argued against the majority's decision to deny citizenship to African Americans. He resigned from the Supreme Court in protest against the decision and went on to have a successful legal career.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The right to property is as inviolable as the right to the franchise.
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The Constitution must cover with its protection all alike, if any are to be protected.
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A limitation upon the principle of no taxation without representation is that there shall be no representation without taxation.
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The power to award privileges implies the power to take them away.
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The presence of a master is often required to check slaves from licentiousness.