We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

Quote by Robert H Jackson

Topics: Liberty Quotes

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

When the [Supreme] Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books,...

When the [Supreme] Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books,...

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.

The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would...

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would...

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into...

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into...

Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians.

Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

Good government is no substitute for self-government

Good government is no substitute for self-government

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason....

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason....

Taxes are the way the government has of artificially inducing the rainy day everybody has...

Taxes are the way the government has of artificially inducing the rainy day everybody has...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government...

I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government...

The business of government should be businesslike.

The business of government should be businesslike.

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its...

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its...

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when...

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...