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> [“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/if-there-is-any-fixed-star-in-our-constitutional-constellation-it-is/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

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## More by Robert H. Jackson

> [“The German organized plundering, planned it, disciplined it, and made it official just as he organized everything else, and then he compiled the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/the-german-organized-plundering-planned-it-disciplined-it-and-made-it/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/reversal-by-a-higher-court-is-not-proof-that-justice-is-thereby/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [Your job today tells me nothing of your future--your use of your leisure today tells me just what your tomorrow will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/your-job-today-tells-me-nothing-of-your-future-your-use-of-your/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [“The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/the-privilege-of-opening-the-first-trial-in-history-for-crimes/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/our-forefathers-found-the-evils-of-free-thinking-more-to-be-endured/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/the-price-of-freedom-of-religion-or-of-speech-or-of-the-press-is-that/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/there-is-danger-that-if-the-court-does-not-temper-its-doctrinaire/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/had-the-jury-convicted-on-proper-instructions-it-would-be-the-end-of/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/i-used-to-say-that-as-solicitor-general-i-made-three-arguments-of/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [I cannot say that our country could have no secret police without becoming totalitarian, but I can say with great conviction that it cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/i-cannot-say-that-our-country-could-have-no-secret-police-without/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [It is only the words of the bill that have presidential approval, where that approval is given. It is not to be supposed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/it-is-only-the-words-of-the-bill-that-have-presidential-approval/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/if-we-can-cultivate-in-the-world-the-idea-that-aggressive-war-making/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their fallen leaders are on trial is not that they lost the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/we-must-make-clear-to-the-germans-that-the-wrong-for-which-their/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [It is hardly lack of due process for the Government to regulate that which it subsidizes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/it-is-hardly-lack-of-due-process-for-the-government-to-regulate-that/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

> [“I cannot subscribe to the perverted reasoning that society may advance and strengthen the rule of law by the expenditure of morally innocent lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/i-cannot-subscribe-to-the-perverted-reasoning-that-society-may/)

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