“Rights are not the language of democracy. Compromise is what democracy is about. Rights are the language of freedom, and are absolute because their role is to protect our liberty. By using the absolute power of freedom to accomplish reforms of democracy, we have undermined democracy and diminished our freedom.” LanguageLibertyRolesDemocracyRightsProtectAbsolutesAccomplishCompromiseReformAbsolute Power Book:The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America Source: The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America
“We should stop looking to law to provide the final answer.... Law cannot save us from ourselves.... We have to go out and try to accomplish our goals and resolve disagreements by doing what we think is right. That energy and resourcefulness, not millions of legal cubicles, is what was great about America. Let judgment and personal conviction be important again.” ThinkingShouldTryingImportantAmericaLawEnergyGoalAnswersMillionsJudgmentFinalsIndividualityConvictionAccomplishResolveDisagreementResourcefulnessCubicles Author:Philip K. Howard
