It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
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It is the position of the department, that all investigative reports are confidential documents of the executive department of the government to aid in the duty laid upon the president by the Constitution to take care that the laws be faithfully executed and that congressional or public access to them would be in the public interest.Robert Jackson
The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion.
Robert Jackson
It really points us in a new direction to understand microbial communities.
Robert Jackson
Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.
Robert Jackson
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.
Robert Jackson
After trees use that fresh water up, there's an upwelling of saline water.
Robert Jackson
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