"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"
-- Justice William O. Douglas
(1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court... View More"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"
-- Justice William O. Douglas
(1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice
"All governments are more or less combinations against the people...and as rulers have no more virtue than the ruled...the power of government can only be kept within its constituted bounds by the dis... View More"All governments are more or less combinations against the people...and as rulers have no more virtue than the ruled...the power of government can only be kept within its constituted bounds by the display of a power equal to itself, the collected sentiment of the people."
-- Benjamin Franklin Bache
(1769-1798) American journalist, printer and publisher, founded the Philadephia Aurora, grandson of Benjamin Franklin
Source: Philadelphia Aurora, 1794
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