The purpose of a jury is to guard against the exercise of arbitrary power–to make available the common sense judgement of the community as a hedge against the overzealous or mistaken prosecutor and in preference to the professional or perhaps over conditioned or biased response of a judge. Byron White
1975, Supreme Court Justice
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn’t suck is the …
The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn’t suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners. Unknown
I am not a Virginian, but an American. Patrick Henry Patrick Henry, …
I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry, September 1774
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. …
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government. Cal Thomas
nationally syndicated columnist.
Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll…. It …
Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll…. It does not mean that everything in life is relative. Albert Einstein
1929, on attempts to use relativity as a scientific explanation for why there could be no objective truth. See David Bodanis, E=mc(*2): A Biography of the World’s most Famous Equation.(1879-1955)
It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned …
It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it is the return of my investment. Will Rogers
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort…….
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort….is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence. Ayn Rand
(1905-1982)
Government has an important role in helping develop a country’s economic …
Government has an important role in helping develop a country’s economic foundation. But the critical test is whether government is genuinely working to liberate individuals by creating incentives to work, save, invest, and succeed. Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, October 30, 1981
While Alive, He Lived Malcolm Forbes, Sr. From his obituary/tombstone as …
While Alive, He Lived
Malcolm Forbes, Sr.
From his obituary/tombstone as reported in Forbes magazine at his death, 1990
Too much of a good thing is wonderful. Mae West …
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West