It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.
Robert H. Jackson · American Communications Association v. Douds (1950)
Robert H. Jackson · American Communications Association v. Douds (1950)
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Robert H. Jackson · United States v. Spector (1952), dissent
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Robert H. Jackson · The source reads: “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.” · West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau · The Social Contract (1762), I, ch. 1
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Winston Churchill · The source reads: “Well, I am in favour of government by talking. I am strongly in favour of it as opposed to government by terror or government by corruption—or government by bayonet— or government by superstition or government by claptrap.” · Coal Trade Benevolent Association Dinner, Guildhall, London, 13 November 1923
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