Judiciary Quotes

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It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never… — Alexander Hamilton
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. — Thomas Jefferson
We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent… — Thomas Jefferson
The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)… — Thomas Jefferson
Experience has instructed us that no skill in the science of government has yet been able to discriminate and define, with sufficient certainty, its three… — James Madison
The representatives of the people, in a popular assembly, seem sometimes to fancy that they are the people themselves, and betray strong symptoms of impatience… — Alexander Hamilton
[R]efusing or not refusing to execute a law to stamp it with its final character . . . makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact… — James Madison
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of… — Alexander Hamilton
One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation. — Thomas Jefferson
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at… — Thomas Jefferson
The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated… — Thomas Jefferson
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own… — Thomas Jefferson
The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements… — Alexander Hamilton
And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from… — Alexander Hamilton
The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges will be too… — Joseph Story
Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either… — Joseph Story
The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, gaining ground step… — Thomas Jefferson
Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from… — Alexander Hamilton
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the… — Alexander Hamilton
The reasonableness of the agency of the national courts in cases in which the state tribunals cannot be supposed to be impartial, speaks for itself.… — Alexander Hamilton

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