03 October 2018

Quotes of the Day, 10/3/18

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficial … the greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1928

Virtually all reasonable laws are obeyed, not because they are the law, but because reasonable people would do that anyway. If you obey a law simply because it is the law, that's a pretty likely sign that it shouldn't be a law.
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The U.S. Constitution may be flawed, but it's a whole lot better than what we have now.
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5 comments:

LindaG said...

That third one is curious; but overall I think I agree.
Thank you for these, Reverend.

Toirdhealbheach Beucail said...

Oh, they have zeal, alright...

Ed Bonderenka said...

I miss the Constitution.
I heard it's making a comeback...

Rev. Paul said...

Linda, the writer was stating half-seriously that the U.S. isn't using the Constitution anymore. In large part, Congress has been ignoring it for more than 120 years.

TB, zealous is certainly true.

Ed, I've heard much the same thing. Please, Lord, may it be true.

LindaG said...

I didn't realize it had been that long. Thank you for explaining, Reverend.