“The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.” MeanLawLevelsDutyPleaseOrdinaryEssenceConstitutionSuperiorsDepartmentLegislatureProvincesJudicialParamountUnchangeable Author:John Marshall
“The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages; and it is doubtless our paramount duty, in every state of society, to alleviate the pressure of the purely evil part of this distribution, as much as possible, and, by all the means we can devise, secure the lower links in the chain of society from dragging in dishonor and wretchedness.” MeanHas BeensStatesAgeEvilIndividualEnjoyCommunityDifferencesDutyDegreesPressureGood ThingsSecureChainsThemeLinksDeclarationDistributionDiscontentBenevolenceParamountDishonorAlleviateWretchedness Author:William Herschel
“The paramount duty of maintaining public order and defending the interests of our own people may require the adoption of measures of restriction, but they should not tolerate the oppression of individuals of a special race.” PeopleShouldMayOrderIndividualInterestRaceSpecialDutyOppressionTolerateAdoptionMaintainingRestrictionParamount Book:State of the Union Addresses Source: State of the Union Addresses
“It's your duty to fly the airplane. If you get killed in it, you don't know anything about it anyway. Duty is paramount. It's that simple if you're a military guy. You don't say 'I'm not going to do that - that's dangerous.' If it's your duty to do it, that's the way it is.” IfsKnowsWayGuySimpleMilitaryDangerousDutyAirplaneParamount Author:Chuck Yeager
“Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.” PeopleGovernmentDiesResponsibilityLandDutyShotsPressesDeceivingShellsFeverHypeParamountFree Press Author:Hugo Black