Quotes & Law

"Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere."

"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."

"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."

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected."

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.

“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.”