Best Joseph Story Quotes
- There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long be separated from… Both
- At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if… Adoption
- I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a… Beautiful
- There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation. Been
- The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right… Arbitrary
- Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence. Becomes
- Human wisdom is the aggregate of all human experience, constantly accumulating, selecting, and reorganizing its own materials. Accumulating
- I will not say with Lord Hale, that "The Law will admit of no rival" . . . but I will say that it is… Admit
- If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede. Civil War
- It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was… Act
- The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of… Accomplish
- No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend… Appeal
- No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend… Constitution
- The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but ... to… Advance
- To secure integrity there must a lofty sense of duty and a deep responsibility to future times as well as to God. Deep
- A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be… Another Phrase
- This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of the common law,… All
- How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be Constitution
- One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to keep… Accomplish
- Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because… America
- A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. Execution
- A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can… Attained