Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-12-20 Dec 20, 2001The privilege against self-incrimination is one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to make himself civilized... The Fifth is a lone sure rock in time of storm ... a symbol of the ultimate moral sense of the community, upholding the best in us.~ Erwin N. GriswoldThis Constitution, ...shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby~ U.S. Constitution, Article VI Dec 19, 2001We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.~ Katharine Graham Dec 18, 2001Members of society must obey the law because they personally believe that its commands are justified.~ Judge David BazelonTo oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.~ G. Edward Griffin Dec 17, 2001No government is respectable which is not just. Without unspotted purity of public faith, without sacred public principle, fidelity, and honor, no machinery of laws, can give dignity to political society.~ Daniel Webster Dec 14, 2001I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion.~ Thomas JeffersonAmerica's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.~ Bobcat Goldthwait Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print