We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

Quote by Robert H Jackson

Topics: Liberty Quotes

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.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to...

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to...

Only your friends steal your books.

Only your friends steal your books.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...