“Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.”
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“The framers assumed no general right to privacy because, to state the obvious, criminal and evil acts can be committed in privacy. Criminal codes are full of such examples—from murder to incest to rape and other crimes.”
― Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America
― Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America
“The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down.”
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“if our rights are not unalienable, if they don’t come from a source higher than ourselves, then they’re malleable at the will of the state. This is a prescription for tyranny.”
― Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America
― Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.”
― Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States: With A Preliminary Review Of The Constitutional History Of The Colonies And States, Before The Adoption Of The Constitution : In Two Volumes
― Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States: With A Preliminary Review Of The Constitutional History Of The Colonies And States, Before The Adoption Of The Constitution : In Two Volumes
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