"And it is no less true, that personal……" — Joseph Story
"And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice."
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47 Quotes by Joseph Story
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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the…
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[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it…
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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making…
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of…
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Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age…
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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of…
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood…
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of…
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[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power…
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So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where…
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states,…
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In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the…
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If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on…
— Arthur Ashe
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I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I…
— Michele Bachmann
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the…
— Bob Barr
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All the culture war issues will be settled by the court.
— Gary Bauer
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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me…
— Brendan Behan
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You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The…
— Joe Biden
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When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look…
— Michael Bloomberg
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I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while…
— Nellie Bly
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But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and…
— Andre Agassi
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Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben…
— Elayne Boosler
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The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function…
— Robert Bork
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The biggest empty space, the biggest gap in what should be a premier and always vibrant food scene in America…
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