Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-02-21 Feb 20, 2026If it weren't for lawyers, we wouldn't need them.~ A. K. GriffinUseless laws weaken necessary laws.~ Charles-Louis de SecondatMany laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many bad laws.~ Walter Savage Landor Feb 19, 2026It is an accepted maxim of international law that every sovereign nation has the power, as inherent in sovereignty, and essential to self-preservation, to forbid the entrance of foreigners within its dominions ...~ Justice Horace Gray[T]he traditional power of the Nation over the alien is a power inherent in every sovereign state.~ Justice Robert H. JacksonThe Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.~ William H. Rehnquist Feb 18, 2026The Government of the United States has broad, undoubted power over the subject of immigration and the status of aliens. ... It is fundamental that foreign countries concerned about the status, safety, and security of their nationals in the United States must be able to confer and communicate on this subject with one national sovereign, not the 50 separate States.~ Justice Anthony M. KennedyFor more than a century, this Court has recognized that the admission and exclusion of foreign nationals is a 'fundamental sovereign attribute exercised by the Government’s political departments largely immune from judicial control.'~ Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.Congress may not abdicate or transfer to others its legitimate functions.~ U.S. Supreme Court Feb 17, 2026[A] limited Constitution ... can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing ... To deny this would be to affirm … that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.~ Alexander HamiltonIf you have 10,000 regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.~ Sir Winston ChurchillThe federal criminal code currently includes more than 3,000 offenses and hardly a congressional session goes by without an attempt to add new sections.~ Stephen Chippendale Feb 16, 2026Liberty, equality -- bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.~ Henri-Frédéric AmielOn the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.~ James MadisonMy country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died! Land of the Pilgrims' pride! From ev'ry mountainside, Let freedom ring!~ Rev. Samuel Francis Smith Previous week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print