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Quotes from The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary — Robert H. Jackson

1892–1954 United States

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

The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary (1953)

The result is that constitutional precedents are accepted only at their current valuation and have a mortality rate almost as high as their authors.

The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary (1953)

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.

The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary (1953)

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