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Robert H. Jackson1892–1954

Our protection against all kinds of fanatics and extremists, none of whom can be trusted with unlimited power over others, lies not in their forbearance but in the limitations of our Constitution.

Robert H. Jackson on power

American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382, 439 (1950)

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While the Declaration was directed against an excess of authority, the Constitution was directed against anarchy.
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Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
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The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion — except for the sect that can win political power.
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