Blumenthal goes straight to the heart in these poems…

“The extraordinary mystique of hers made you think she lived on rose petals and listened to nothing but Mozart, but it wasn't true. She…

— Andre Previn

When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and mind and…

— Lucretius

Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the suspension of…

— Thomas Jefferson

A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia…

— Plautus

If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary. The Act of Habeas Corpus, by…

— Horace Walpole

People have told me that everything about me, every facet of my life, psyche, experiences, dreams, and fears, are laid out explicitly in my…

— Philip K. Dick

One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged…

— David Greenberg

We are so considerate of the minute constitutional rights and even of the political feelings and influence of people whom we have every reason…

— Westbrook Pegler

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form…

— Thomas Jefferson

Why are we proud? We are proud, first of all, because from the beginning of this Nation, a man can walk upright, no matter…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

You do not die all at once. Some tissues live on for minutes, even hours, giving still their little cellular shrieks, molecular echoes of…

— Richard Selzer

No one may threaten or commit violence ('aggress') against another man's person or property. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits…

— Murray Rothbard

The body loaded by the excess of yesterday, depresses the mind also, and fixes to the ground this particle of divine breath. [Lat., Quin…

— Horace

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends…

— Clement Attlee