I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states.… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion. — Hinton Rowan Helper Copy Share Image
In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
The reality is that our independent judiciary is the most respected branch of our government and the envy of the world. — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
So long as we mayhavean independent Judiciary, the great interests of the people will be safe. — John Rutledge Copy Share Image
I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image