“Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotism at solitude. Love is the citizen ruler of a flourishing republic, egotism is a despot in a devastated creation. Egotism sows for gratitude, love for the ungrateful. Love gives, egotism lends; and love does this before the throne of judicial truth, indifferent if for the enjoyment of the following moment, or with the view to a martyr's crown--indifferent whether the reward is in this life or in the next.” IfsGivingDoeWholeMomentsNextLove IsViewsCreationSelf LoveCitizensGratitudeSolitudeAnd LoveUniversalAimUnityRewardsFollowingThis LifeEnjoymentRepublicRulersCrownsIndifferentThronesMartyrEgotismJudicialUngratefulFlourishingDevastatedAxesDespotsLove Gratitude Book:Philosophical Letters of Friedrich Schiller Source: Philosophical Letters of Friedrich Schiller
“In your ordered verdict of guilty, you have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, my judicial rights are all alike ignored. Robbed of the fundamental privilege of citizenship, I am degraded from the status of a citizen to that of a subject; and not only myself individually, but all of my sex, are, by your honor's verdict, doomed to political subjection under this, so-called, form of government.” GovernmentFormPoliticalSexNaturalPrinciplesRightsFeetSubjectsCitizensHonorRepublicanFundamentalsInjusticePrivilegeCivil RightsGuiltyDoomedIgnoredCitizenshipForms Of GovernmentJudicialVerdictNatural RightsSubjectionYour HonorPolitical Rights Author:Susan B. Anthony
“[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering votes from recalcitrant citizens.” IfsWantNeedsEnoughPhilosophyCitizensVoteConstitutionCurrentsGatheringWant SomethingGoverningJudicialFiddleRecalcitrant Author:Robert Bork
“Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general get up and say, "Well, it doesn't say in the constitution judicial process. It just says due process." Now that's a lawyerly diversion from the truth.” WellsProcessCitizensConstitutionClaimsDuesGet UpAttorneyJudicialAmerican CitizensDiversionDue Process Author:Ray McGovern
“Everyone knows that due process means judicial process, and when John Brennan brings him a list of people to be killed this particular week, that's not due process. That's certainly not judicial process. So there's the fifth amendment. Not even George Bush claimed the right to kill American citizens without due process.” PeopleKnowsMeanProcessWeekParticularCitizensDuesListsAmendmentsFifthJudicialAmerican CitizensDue ProcessFifth Amendment Author:Ray McGovern
“She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power.” StatesGovernmentJusticeUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesCitizensExerciseClaimsFundamentalsAdministrationReviewsRejectedJudicialFundamental PrinciplesSandra Day O ConnorJudicial Review Author:Patrick Leahy
“Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges every bit as much as it constrains we legislators, executives and citizens in their actions.” KnowsShouldActionBitsJudgingKeysCitizensExerciseConstitutionCourtBe GoodSupremeExecutivesIngredientsRestraintSupreme CourtJudicialLegislatorsConstrainGood Judges Author:Chuck Grassley
“American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.” Has BeensProcessCitizensDuesAccountabilityReviewsJudicialAmerican CitizensDronesDue ProcessJudicial Review Author:Cornel West