When judges were judges, they came up with gems like this

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Justice Robert H. Jackson, 1892-1954

“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.”

Of course, fewer say this sort of thing these days this well, judges or not.

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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