Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2005-06-22 Jun 22, 2005The president of the American Bar Association begins a nationwide tour, giving speeches on the dangers of Treaty Law: 'The doctrine that the treaty power is unlimited and omnipotent and may be used to OVERRIDE the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...is a doctrine of recent origin and largely derived from Missouri v. Holland.'~ Frank E. HolmanAt the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.~ Justice Louis D. BrandeisGive me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws.~ Mayer Amschel Rothschild Jun 21, 2005No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury... nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall be compelled in any Criminal Case to be a witness against himself, not be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.~ Constitution of the United StatesLove of justice in the generality of men is only the fear of suffering from injustice.~ François Duc de La RochefoucauldUnder a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.~ Henry David Thoreau Jun 20, 2005There is no such thing as justice -- in or out of court.~ Clarence S. DarrowIt is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.~ Edmund BurkeI should, indeed, prefer twenty men to escape death through mercy, than one innocent to be condemned unjustly.~ Sir John Fortescue Jun 17, 2005And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.~ Sir William BlackstoneIn questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man’s conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.~ Dr. Samuel JohnsonI consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet devised by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.~ Thomas Jefferson Jun 16, 2005Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherLawyers [are] operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.~ Jane Bryant QuinnIt is a maxim among lawyers that whatever hath been done before may be done again, and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. These, under the name of precedents, they produce as authorities to justify the most iniquitous opinions, and the judges never fail of directing them accordingly.~ Jonathan Swift Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print