Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-07-22 Jul 22, 2021It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.~ Edmund BurkeResolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed.~ Étienne de la BoétieThe truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.~ General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jul 21, 2021It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.~ A. A. HodgeOur own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.~ Samuel Taylor ColeridgeAll our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.~ William Kingdon Clifford Jul 20, 2021When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.~ Abraham LincolnAlthough the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice.~ Charles T. SpradingIf language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.~ Confucius Jul 19, 2021I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution.~ Grover ClevelandPower tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.~ Lord ActonShame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!~ Samuel Adams Jul 16, 2021The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.~ AristotleHonesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.~ Josh BillingsThe fundamental principle is this: No matter how worthwhile an end may be, if there is no constitutional authority to pursue it, then the federal government must step aside and leave the matter to the states or to private parties. The president and Congress can proceed only from constitutional authority, not from good intentions alone. If Congress thinks it necessary to expand its powers, the Framers crafted an amendment process for that purpose. But too often, rather than follow that process, Congress has disregarded the limits set by the Constitution and gutted our frontline defense against overweening federal government.~ Robert A. Levy Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print