Constitution Quotes by Robert H. Jackson

10 Constitution quotes by Robert H. Jackson

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Jackson’s words on the nation's founding document are concise, echoing his reputation for clear, principled judgments. Ten quotes provide a focused look at his judicial philosophy.

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The very purpose of a bill of rights is to withdraw certain subjects from...political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of…

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We are not final because we are infallible, but infallible only because we are final.

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This Court is forever adding new stories to the temples of constitutional law, and the temples have a way of collapsing when…

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There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the…

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Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were…

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We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to…

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Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that…

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The Tax Court is independent, and its neutrality is not clouded by prosecuting duties. Its procedures assure fair hearings. Its deliberations are…

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Of course, such judicial misconstruction theoretically can be cured by constitutional amendment. But the period of gestation of a constitutional amendment, or…

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I do not know whether it is the view of the Court that a judge must be thick-skinned or just thick-headed, but…

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“The German organized plundering, planned it, disciplined it, and made it official just as he organized everything else, and then he compiled the most…

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Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were a super-Supreme…

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Your job today tells me nothing of your future--your use of your leisure today tells me just what your tomorrow will be.

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“The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which…

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Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold…

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The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for,…

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There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill…

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Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable…

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I used to say that, as Solicitor General, I made three arguments of every case. First came the one that I planned-as I thought,…

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I cannot say that our country could have no secret police without becoming totalitarian, but I can say with great conviction that it cannot…

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It is only the words of the bill that have presidential approval, where that approval is given. It is not to be supposed that…

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If we can cultivate in the world the idea that aggressive war-making is the way to the prisoner's dock rather than the way to…

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