American law Quote by Stephen Breyer

“[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.”

— John Rawls

However long I serve in public life, I'll stand on that basic liberty of the right to keep and bear arms.

— Mike Pence

“Life with a man is more businesslike after it, and money matters work better. And then, you see, if you have rows, and he…

— Thomas Hardy

I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how…

— Henry David Thoreau

Every law out there is to protect the safety of every individual, regardless of their age and regardless of their race. And so, if…

— Robert P. McCulloch

American laws don't work, but at least the laws of physics might work.

— Gore Vidal

“Start with the observation that American law is not designed to catch and punish every instance of illegal conduct. Nothing short of a totalitarian…

— Dale Carpenter

Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done…

— Francis George

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to…

— H. L. Mencken

All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to return to…

— John F. Kennedy

“Indeed, they embraced a tradition that was notorious for its incompatibility with American law and liberty. The connection between absolute and administrative power was…

— Philip Hamburger

I think the archaic idea is actually winner take all, because the principle of "one person, one vote" is a principle that was introduced…

— Lawrence Lessig