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The Bill of Rights was designed trustfully to prohibit forever two of the favorite crimes of all known governments: the seizure of private property without adequate compensation and the invasion of the citizen’s liberty without justifiable cause and due process.
H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
“On Government,”
Prejudices: Fourth Series (1924)
Added on 12-Feb-15 | Last updated 2-May-16
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Topics: America, bill of rights, Constitution, due process, freedom, government, law, legal protection, property, tyranny
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There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.
Derek Bok (b. 1930) American lawyer, educator
Report to Harvard Board of Overseers (21 Apr 1983)
Added on 1-Oct-08 | Last updated 20-Aug-15
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Topics: class, equal protection under the law, injustice, judicial system, justice, law, legal protection, money, poor, poverty
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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
Learned Hand (1872-1961) American jurist
Speech, Legal Aid Society of New York (1951-02-16)
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On ensuring that accused persons did not lack for counsel needed for a fair trial.
Added on 18-Apr-08 | Last updated 20-Mar-24
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Topics: charity, class warfare, cost, counsel, democracy, justice, law, lawyer, legal protection, legal representation, poverty, wealth
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The history of liberty is the history of the observances of procedural safeguards.
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) US Supreme Court Justice, jurist and teacher
McNabb v. United States (1943)
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 8-Jul-15
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Topics: freedom, law, legal protection, liberty, process, rule of law
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