Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-01-25 Jan 25, 2012Indeed, the ABA [American Bar Association] is truly a creature of these post-modern times. Its governing members view the political sphere and judicial sphere as one in the same, and worship raw power as the ultimate and only currency in social transactions. The modern ABA thus has embraced an ideology that views the rule of law as a mere extension of politics, and in a self-fulfilling confirmation of that view, conflates law and politics with unashamedly liberal policy prescriptions.~ Ray GiffordWhen governments use the judiciary to recover “damage,” the courts intrude on the regulatory and revenue responsibilities of legislatures. And when lawsuits based on tenuous legal theories impose high costs on defendants, due process gives way to a form of extortion, with public officials serving as bagmen for private contingency fee lawyers.~ Michael I. KrausI know, may it please your honour, the jury may do so; but I do likewise know they may do otherwise. I know they have the right, beyond all dispute, to determine both the law and the fact; and where they do not doubt the law, they ought to do so. This of leaving it to the judgment of the Court whether the words are libelous or not in effect renders juries useless (to say no worse) in many cases.~ Andrew Hamilton Jan 24, 2012We also need to encourage Americans to become more fiscally responsible themselves. We can do this by redesigning our tax system into an expenditure tax with a single flat rate. ... We have to substantially reduce the size and scope of the federal government, fundamentally increase the role of the states in choosing their own practices, and bring decision-making closer to the people, not to unelected administrators. These steps are crucial to getting our nation on a path of fiscal, political and constitutional responsibility.~ Edwin FeulnerThe limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.~ Frederick DouglassAny man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.~ Henry David Thoreau Jan 23, 2012No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is.~ Isaac RosenfeldThe quixotic desire to do good, be universally fair and make everybody happy is understandable [...] There is only one problem with this approach. We are a court.~ Justice Janice BrownWhatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.~ Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Jan 20, 2012If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.~ George OrwellDo you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.~ Girolamo SavonarolaWhen men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.~ Thomas Paine Jan 19, 2012Politicians never accuse you of ‘greed’ for wanting other people’s money—only for wanting to keep your own money.~ Joseph SobranGovernment exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.~ Ronald ReaganWhat’s “just” has been debated for centuries, but let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then, tell me how much of what I earn “belongs” to you -- and why?~ Walter E. Williams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print