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“We now have so many regulations that everyone is guilty of some violation.”

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Donald Alexander was a distinguished lawyer known for his significant contributions to the legal field. Throughout his career, he handled numerous major cases and made important contributions to the development of the legal profession. more

“Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense - the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen.”

Source: Bedrock: Views on Basic National Problems

“As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we once would have [the] constriction of our liberties that would have been utterly intolerable a mere half century ago.”

Feels Has Beens Government Used Force Grows Powerful Half Liberty Century Habit Mere Apathy Regulation Harness Government Regulation

Author:Robert Bork

“The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good life.”

Real Liberty Principles Authority Behavior Productive Good Life Hypocritical

Author:Joseph Butler

“The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles.”

Hours Liberty Principles Ideals Equality Passing Passings Assault Scorn Great Idea Erosion Expediency Encroachment No Patience Derision Liberty And Equality Opportunism

Author:Benjamin Cardozo

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