What did Harlan F. Stone mean by: Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness. - Harlan F. Stone Copy
+ The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harlan F. Stone, Amendments, Rights, 0 - Harlan F. Stone
+ Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harlan F. Stone, Creative, Democracy, Minorities, 0 - Harlan F. Stone
+ The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harlan F. Stone, Law, Trials, 0 - Harlan F. Stone
We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans. - William J. Brennan Judge · USA
The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution. - William O. Douglas Lawyer and Jurist · USA
The people are sovereign and the Constitution is supreme. There is no one greater than the people. - Franco Debono Administrator
There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover. - Frank Herbert Author · USA
We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document! - Frederick Douglass Abolitionist · USA