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Harlan F. Stone

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[Wikipedia] Harlan Fiske Stone was an American attorney who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and then as the 12th chief justice of the United States from 1941 until his death in 1946. He also served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1924 to 1925 under President Calvin C

Quotes by Harlan F. Stone

The guarantees of civil liberty are but guarantees of freedom of the human mind and spirit and of reasonable freedom and opportunity…

Harlan F. Stone

Civil liberties

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There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service…

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Body

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The right to participate in the choice of representatives for Congress includes, as we have said, the right to cast a ballot…

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Ballots

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If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural…

Harlan F. Stone

Bounds

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The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.

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Dear

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The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.

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Amendments

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Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness.

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Constitution

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The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.

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Adversity

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History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as…

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Freedom

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