#gains

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law. ↗

— Lysander Spooner

#authorize #government #judge #jury #justice

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. ↗

— William Penn

#even #everyone #right #wrong

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. ↗

— George Adam Smith

#conspiracy #contrivance #conversation #diversion #ends

Faith was praiseworthy, but should be seasoned with intelligence. ↗

— Dave Duncan

#faith

I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that? ↗

— Lou Barletta

#america #could #i #just #keep

Sometimes, somehow... I feel that ocean contains tears of mother earth, that mourns over terrible great sin done by men. ↗

— Toba Beta

#men #nature #sinner #men

Generally I'm against regulation. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

#generally #i #regulation

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#against #almost #always #attack #care

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears. ↗

— Albert Bandura

#against #appeals #conduct #deaf #destructive

I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done. ↗

— Michael Bennett

#been #disappointed #done #i #justice