A. L. Wirin Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The rights of all persons are wrapped in the same constitutional bundle
as those of the most hated member of the community."

by:	A. L. Wirin ACLU Attorney
Source:	Time Magazine, 10 February 1978
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Categories:	Constitution, Individual Rights, Respect, Tolerance
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-- Joe, Rochester, MI
A. L. Wirin was a news source and a friend when I was a young reporter in Los Angeles from the 1930s into the 1960s, including a period when I saw him appear before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Eisenhower-Kennedy era. This quote of his would merit a 10-star rating! Paul Weeks, retired at age 86 in Oceanside, Ca. -- Paul Weeks, Oceanside, CA 2
The constitutional bundle is a concept depicting the individual sovereignty, unalienable rights, liberty, and "laws of nature and of nature's God" that are the foundational jurisprudence that - the Constitution raps itself around. It is a tragedy of biblical proportion to observe the occupying statist theocracy infesting this land's destruction thereof. -- Mike, Norwalk 1
-- Mike, Pleasant Hill
There is always money to be made siding with the opposition of the Constitution. Seeing the quote speaks of a truth, does not expose Wirin's philosophy in representing such destructive causes. -- Ronw13, ID
-- jim k, Austin
How has "hate speech" become a crime? Hate is not a crime, perhaps a sin, but not a crime. How can expressing an honest opinion be "hate" but yelling "F* you!" not be? -- E Archer, NYC