Founders' Quote Daily
"The most important consequence of marriage is, that the husband
and the wife become in law only one person... Upon this principle
of union, almost all the other legal consequences of marriage
depend. This principle, sublime and refined, deserves to be
viewed and examined on every side."
-- James Wilson (Of the Natural Rights of Individuals, 1792)
Reference: The Works of James Wilson, Andrews, ed., vol. 1 (324)