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The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to life, liberty and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and

The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to life, liberty and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly may not be submitted to vote; they depend on no elections.

Robert H. Jackson
Rights, Political, Liberty
"West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624". Judicial opinion, 1943.

Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

Robert H. Jackson
Liberty, Opinion, Achieve
West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943)

The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is a copyright of totalitarianism, and we have no claim to it.

Robert H. Jackson
Thinking, Liberty, Heritage
American Communications Ass'n v. Douds (1950)

One's right to life, liberty, and property depends on the outcome of no election.

Robert H. Jackson
Liberty, Outcomes, Election
West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943)

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

Robert H. Jackson
Liberty
"United States v. Spector, 343 US 169, 180". Ddissenting opinion, 1952.

There is no such thing as an achieved liberty: like electricity, there can be no substantial storage and it must be generated as it is enjoyed, or the lights go out.

Robert H. Jackson
Liberty, Electricity, Storage
"The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary". American Bar Association Journal, Volume 39, No. 11, p. 962, www.jstor.org. November 1953.

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.

Robert H. Jackson
Victory, Liberty, Gains
"The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary". American Bar Association Journal, Volume 39, No. 11, p. 964, www.jstor.org. November 1953.

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.

Robert H. Jackson
Intelligent, Support, Liberty

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