If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
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safeguard of free government.
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Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.
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It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.
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