"Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others
simply because their consciences tell them to do so."
by:
Justice Robert H. Jackson
(1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice
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I guess we here, can not shoot the messenger, as he was an integral part of that group that rode roughshod over We The People (others) but rather, just rate the quote.
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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     -- warren, olathe      
    But it is. Civil government is letting illegals run roughshod over our public services,
     -- Waffler, Smith, Arkansas     
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    Like when the majority oppresses the rights of the minorities and the individual. There are limits to majority rule!
     -- Logan, Memphis, TN     
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    I don't know where to begin ... ;-)
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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     -- T. Williams, Vidor      
     
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