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From “African Slavery In America,” (1775). The author is believed to be Thomas Paine.

Relevance: 38%      Posted on: March 8, 2012

“That some desperate wretches should be willing to steal and enslave men by violence and murder for gain, is rather lamentable than strange. But that many civilized, nay, Christianized people should approve, and be concerned in the savage practice, is surprising; and still persist, though it has been so often…

Perry Mason for the Court

Relevance: 38%      Posted on: February 1, 2017

Legend has it that a juror once ran up to attorney Neil Gorsuch, after Gorsuch won a case proving a gravel pit owner had been cheated, declaring, “You’re Perry Mason.” These days, Gorsuch sits on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and is President Donald Trump’s nominee for the late…

Trump vs. Private Property

Relevance: 38%      Posted on: May 2, 2011

If real-estate magnate/pink-slip impresario Donald Trump can’t comb over his hair plausibly, how does he expect to convincingly coif his wheeler-dealer track record? Over the past several months, Trump has been making disturbing noises about pursuing the GOP presidential nomination. Perhaps those encouraging him want the Republicans to remain almost…

Sweet Grape Victory of 2020

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: September 25, 2020

Raise a long-stemmed glass to the wineries of Minnesota. And to the Institute for Justice, which fought for their rights in court. Minnesota wine makers may now make wine with whatever grapes they like! They may make wines that were illegal for them to make before. Early in September, a…

Let Jeff Mizanskey Go

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: February 3, 2014

Commuting unjust sentences is the least that should be done for convicted non-criminals like Jeff Mizanskey, guilty of peaceful offenses in the War on Drugs. The man’s heinous crime? Abetting a friend’s purchase of marijuana. For this, Mizanskey was sentenced to life without parole — more than 20 years ago.…

George Sutherland

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: May 18, 2021

If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.Associate Justice George Sutherland, Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398, 483 (1934).

Albert Camus

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: January 12, 2015

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

Townhall: Are You My Father, Mr. Corporation?

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: March 9, 2014

The most ludicrous suggestion of last week deserves a column this week (yes, it's based on a segment of ABC’s “This Week”). Click on over to Townhall. Then click back here, for more fuel to your incredulity and ire. ABC‘s This Week: Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ The Fatherless Generation: Statistics…

Edmund Burke

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: December 14, 2021

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe. Edmund Burke, Letter to M. de Menonville (October 1789).

Isaiah Berlin

Relevance: 37%      Posted on: June 6, 2013

Everything is what it is: liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or culture, or human happiness or a quiet conscience.