“ If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. ”
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“ The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man. ”
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“ Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. ”
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“ You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt. ”
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“ I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them. ”
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“ That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose. ”
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“ Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. ”
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“ Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. ”
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“ We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves. ”
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“ That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose. ”
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“ A wise man once said, Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. ”
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“ It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage. ”
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“ Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible… ”
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“ Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. ”
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“ Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible… ”
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“ You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt. ”
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“ The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world. ”
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“ If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. ”
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“ It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage. ”
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“ Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. ”
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“ A wise man once said, Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. ”
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“ That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose. ”
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“ They taught me, not by precept, but by example, that nothing is more commendable, and more fair, than that a man should lay aside all else, and seek truth; not to preach what he might find; and surely not to try to make his views prevail; but, like Lessing, to find his satisfaction in the search itself. ”
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“ Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. ”
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“ It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage. ”
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