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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1643 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir William Blackstone (1723–80) |
| QUOTATION: | The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual’s private rights. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Commentaries on the Laws of England, 9th ed., book 1, chapter 1, section 3, p. 139 (1783, reprinted 1978). |
| SUBJECTS: | Rights |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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