Convictions following the admission into evidence of confessions which are involuntary, i.e., the product of coercion, either physical or psychological, cannot stand.… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
“Let us return to Benjamin Rush, who foresaw the revolutionary implications of Benjamin [Lay]'s philosophy. Writing after the abolitionist movement had burst… — The Fearless Benjamin Lay Marcus Rediker Copy Share Image
It doesn't take much to produce a good merchant of cash-and-carry love: just courage, an infinite capacity for perpetual suspicion, stamina on… — Sally Stanford Copy Share Image
You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. — George W. Crane Copy Share Image
“He was a convinced but hardworked rationalist, always hard at it re-convincing himself of his convictions.” — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom'… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Be passionate about who you are and what you stand for. Set an example for others to follow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is the moment when our resolution seems about to become irrevocable - when the fatal iron gates are about to close… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which out… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
By what sort of experience are we led to the conviction that spirit exists? On the whole, by searching, painful experience. The… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Pass on it if you’re not passionate; for convictions create clear choices.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be heaped upon him by… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity. — John Silber Copy Share Image
Martin's Monsanto poem holds devastating power. I heard the first public reading at the Resurgence Festival of well-being in London. It brought… — Tony Juniper Copy Share Image
The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience. — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
“When people judge they completely lose sight of the blessings on their own table. Jealousy or conviction is a very dark room.” — Ron Baratono Copy Share Image