Quote ... Unquote."Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense--the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen. " William E. Borah (1865-1940), U.S. Senator, Remarks to the Senate April 1917 "Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law." Jean Anouilh, French playwright (1910-1987), in Antigone "I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law." Martin Luther King Jr., American civil fights leader (1929-1968) 'The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely." Robert Bolt Robert Oxton Bolt (August 15 1924 – February 12 1995) was an English playwright and a two time oscar winning screenwriter. Career He was born in Sale, Manchester, England. It was at Manchester Grammar School where his obsession for Sir Thomas More developed. , British writer (1924-1995), in A Man for All Seasons This article is about the play. For other uses, see A Man for All Seasons (disambiguation). A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, but after Bolt's success with "It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any." Mae West, American actress (1893-1980), in Every Day's a Holiday "When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken." Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister (1804--1881) "Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones." Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Diderot, French writer (1713-1784) "There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people." Hubert H. Humphrey, U.S. Vice President (1911-1978) "The Constitution of Canada The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law in Canada; the country's constitution is an amalgam of codified acts and uncodified traditions and conventions. It outlines Canada's system of government, as well as the civil rights of all Canadian citizens. is the supreme law of Canada The Canadian legal system has its foundation in the British common law system, inherited from being a part of the Commonwealth. Quebec, however, still retains a civil system for issues of private law. , and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect." The Constitution Act, 1982, Part VII, General, Section 52 (1) ... Unquote un·quote n. Used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation. unquote interj an expression used to indicate the end of a quotation that was introduced with the word `quote' |
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