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

Quote by Robert H Jackson

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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.

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,...

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

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...

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.

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...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support...

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support...

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with...

Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with...

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything,...

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything,...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms...

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms...