Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least authority to command or exact obedience from him, except that which arose from the ties of consanguinity.
Alexander Hamilton (1842). “The Official and Other Papers ...”, p.76
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