Quotable Quotes
"Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority."
John Roberts - US Supreme Court Justice
The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected."
William O. Douglas - US Supreme Court
The people of this State, as the successors of its former sovereign, are entitled to all the rights which formerly belonged to the King by his prerogative.
Lansing v. Smith, 4 Wend. 9 (N .Y.)
“Sovereignty itself is, of course, not subject to law, for it is the author and source of law; but in our system, while sovereign powers are delegated to the agencies of government, sovereignty itself remains with the people, by whom and for whom all government exists and acts. And the law is the definition and limitation of power.”
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356, 370