"Trial by jury in civil causes,... trial by jury in criminal causes, [and] the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus... all stand on the same footing; they are the common rights of Americans."

-- Richard Henry Lee

#Rights Quotes #Trials Quotes #Benefits Quotes

“When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.”
“No one has a monopoly on wisdom, and even for people who aren't religious, you can learn things from religious people.”
“I know you have much to bear with in me, and I really do sometimes in you, but I have never looked at friendship in a deep sense as easy or entirely comfortable.”
“I believe that we [Americans] are making more new enemies than we are killing terrorists at this point, and I think it's time that we stepped back from this aggressive assertion that we can just go to any country and conduct lethal operations.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Holly is alive,' thought Foaly 'My princess lives,'exulted Orion. 'And we're chasing a dragon”
“Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned.”
“Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride.”

Source : Kris Carr (2008). “Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor: More Rebellion And Fire For Your Healing Journey”, p.204, Rowman & Littlefield
“Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.”

Source : John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres) (1963). “The statesman's book of John of Salisbury: being the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, and selections from the seventh and eighth books, of the Policraticus”

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