“Suppose you were an idiot
And supposed you were a
member of Congress
But I repeat myself”
-Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)
Draft manuscript (c1881) quoted by Albert B. Paine
in Mark Twain: A Biography (1912) p724
Tags:
democrat, green party, independent part, quotes, protest
“Those who would give up essential
LIBERTY to purchase a little
temporary safety, deserve neither
Liberty nor Safety”
-Benjamin Franklin
Memoirs of the Life and writings
of Benjamin Franklin (1818)
Tags:
liberty, freedom, revolutionary war, benjamin franklin, lawyer
“Those who would give up essential
LIBERTY to purchase a little
temporary safety, deserve neither
Liberty nor Safety”
-Benjamin Franklin
Memoirs of the Life and writings
of Benjamin Franklin (1818)
Tags:
quotes, green party, revolutionary war, democrat, libertarian
“It will be of little avail to the People...
if the laws be so VOLUMINOUS that
they cannot be read, or so iNcOhErEnT
that they cannot be understood”
-James Madison
The Federalist, No. 62 (1788)
Tags:
american history, july 4th, independence day, activism, law
“It will be of little avail to the People...
if the laws be so VOLUMINOUS that
they cannot be read, or so iNcOhErEnT
that they cannot be understood”
-James Madison
The Federalist, No. 62 (1788)
Tags:
laws, lawyer, james madison, federalist, democrat
“I will now add what I do not like
(about the Constitution)...
the omission of a...
restriction against monopolies”
-Thomas Jefferson
In a Letter to James Madison
(December 20th, 1787)
Tags:
james madison, political, green party, quotes, jefferson
“If a nation expects to be
iGnOrAnT and free...
it expects what never was
and never will be”
-Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Col. Charles Yancey (Jan. 6, 1816)
“Suppose you were an idiot
And supposed you were a
member of Congress
But I repeat myself”
-Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)
Draft manuscript (c1881) quoted by Albert B. Paine
in Mark Twain: A Biography (1912) p724
Tags:
mark twain, congress, libertarian, mark twain quote, quotes
“If the JURY feels that the law under
which the defendent is accused is unjust...
for any reason which appeals to their logic or
passion, the JURY has the power to acquit, and
the courts must abide by that decision”
-UNITED STATES v MOYLAN
4th Circuit Court of Appeals,
417 F.2d. 1002 (1969)
“Only a free and unrestrained
PRESS can effectively expose
deception in GOVERNMENT”
-Justice Hugo Black
NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. UNITED STATES,
403 u.s. 713 (1971)
Tags:
politics, quote, social justice, protest, freedom
“If the JURY feels that the law under
which the defendent is accused is unjust...
for any reason which appeals to their logic or
passion, the JURY has the power to acquit, and
the courts must abide by that decision”
-UNITED STATES v MOYLAN
4th Circuit Court of Appeals,
417 F.2d. 1002 (1969)
Tags:
justice, jury nullification, case law, law, jail
“...paramount among the
responsibilities of a FREE PRESS
is the duty to prevent any part
of the government from
deceiving the people...”
-Justice Hugo Black
NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. UNITED STATES,
403 u.s. 713 (1971)
Tags:
black lives matter, antifa, 1st amendment, free speech, civil rights
“...paramount among the
responsibilities of a FREE PRESS
is the duty to prevent any part
of the government from
deceiving the people...”
-Justice Hugo Black
NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. UNITED STATES,
403 u.s. 713 (1971)
Tags:
1st amendment, democracy, democratic party, first amendment, free
“Only a free and unrestrained
PRESS can effectively expose
deception in GOVERNMENT”
-Justice Hugo Black
NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. UNITED STATES,
403 u.s. 713 (1971)
