"When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional rights it acts lawlessly and the citizen can take matters into his own hands and proceed on the basis that such a law is no law at all."

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Source : "Poulos v. New Hampshire, 345 U.S. 395". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 27, 1953.

William O. Douglas

#Exercise Quotes #Hands Quotes #Law Quotes

“Sometimes I can be walking down the street, or riding a bus, and suddenly I see somebody who remind me of somebody I know back home, and I close my eyes and find myself thinking of the sea, or the taste of grafted mango, or the smell of saltfish frying, and then I come back to myself and open my eyes and realise where I am.”

Source : Caryl Phillips (2009). “In the Falling Snow”, Harvill Press
“Don't fight the patent, fight the infringement.”
“I'm a great believer in everything at the right time. Go on a crazy spree if it's the right time to do it but choose your moment carefully and beware of impulse buying.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.”
“I'm astonished how little fright I have of my own imagination. It really does baffle me that I don't get more scared because I'm capable of thinking up things that are so awful. On any given day I can imagine the worst.”
“I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good.”
“No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it.”
“Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most.”

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