Free institutions are not the property of any majority. They do not confer upon majorities unlimited powers. The rights of the majority are limited rights. They are limited not only by the constitutional guarantees but by the moral principle implied in those guarantees. That principle is that men may not use the facilities of liberty to impair them. No man may invoke a right in order to destroy it.
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We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them.
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Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces. - "Usenet posting in talk.politics.guns".
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to read more
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule--and both commonly succeed, and are right.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.
There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.
What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Commentary.
What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Commentary.
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. read more
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!
