Quotes by Robert H. Jackson

Robert H. Jackson

A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man’s comfort and inspiration is another’s jest and scorn.

Comfort

Inspiration

Men

Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be intelligent and discriminating as to what cases really are civil liberties cases and what questions really are involved in those cases.

Intelligent

Liberty

Support

But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister’s reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: “I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion”. If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.

Men

Should Have

Taken

But the validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores.

Doctrine

Doe

Validity

Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so.

Censorship

Government

Groups

Due process requires some definite link, some minimum connection, between a state and the person, property or transaction it seeks to tax.

Connections

Links

States

Education should be a lifelong process, the formal period serving as a foundation on which life’s structure may rest and rise.

Foundation

May

Teaching

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.

Freedom

Heart

Order

Government of limited power need not be anemic government. Assurance that rights are secure tends to diminish fear and jealousy of strong government, and by making us feel safe to live under it makes for its better support.

Government

Rights

Strong

Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable logic to judges.

Judging

Matter

Would Be

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America

Attitude

Bed

Being Ignored

Believe

Bills

Book

Censorship

Charybdis

Citizens

Civilization

Color

Comfort

Connections

Corporations

Country

Creating

Crime

Criminals

Dancing

Democracy

Despair

Doctrine

Doe

Doubt

Due Process

Duty

Education

Election

Electricity

Errors

Example

Fall

Father

Finals

Forever

Foundation

Freedom

Gains

Gestation Period

Government

Groups

Hands

Heart

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Quotes by Robert H. Jackson

Robert H. Jackson

A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man’s comfort and inspiration is another’s jest and scorn.

Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be intelligent and discriminating as to what cases really are civil liberties cases and what questions really are involved in those cases.

But the validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores.

Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so.

Due process requires some definite link, some minimum connection, between a state and the person, property or transaction it seeks to tax.

Education should be a lifelong process, the formal period serving as a foundation on which life’s structure may rest and rise.

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.

Government of limited power need not be anemic government. Assurance that rights are secure tends to diminish fear and jealousy of strong government, and by making us feel safe to live under it makes for its better support.

Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable logic to judges.

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