“Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.”
Source: "The Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: The Role of the Judiciary" (1953), P. 964
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1 John 5:4 NLT
First Letter of John
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Non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existimo. Scio ego, multos jam lucrum luculentos homines reddidit. Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum.
Captivi, Act II, scene 2, line 75.
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