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Excerpt from Common Sense on the Color Problem
No law, whether human or divine, may compel me to yield my prefer ence where I possess a right. Either may suggest, neither may con strain. Society is based upon individual preference. I prefer company to solitude. Others are in sympathy with that feeling, and a commun ity is established. I have a choice as to the kind of company which I deem preferable to solitude. Who shall say Nay, if I infringe upon no one's rights? No one may demand the privilege of my companion ship against my will. In society, as I find it, I select my associates as an individual right. Restraint is tyranny. In the public relations of citizenship in a community I find myself restricted by necessity. I waive temporarily my right in exchange for what I deem satisfactory compensation.
In my business relations I am compelled to meet with those who are distasteful to me. I reserve the right to say to those with whom or for whom I labor or trade, Thus far and no farther. In public convey ances, schools, and all institutions established for the community at large, I waive individual preference. I do it voluntarily. I may not be compelled to do so. Law only says: If you will not ride with those who are distasteful to you, furnish your own conveyance. If you will not go to school with those who are distasteful to you, obtain your education some other way. To enact a statute to compel associa tion, even in public relations, would be regarded as atrocious tyranny.
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