Decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously.

Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) American lawyer, activist, Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)

Olmstead v. United States, 277 US 438 (1928) [Dissent]
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