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Quote from Justice Robert H. Jackson,


"Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much.
That would be a mere shadow of freedom.
The test of its substance is the right to differ
as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."


By:

Justice Robert H. Jackson (more quotes by Justice Robert H. Jackson or books by/about Justice Robert H. Jackson)


(1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice

Source:

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 1943

Categories:

Dissent, Freedom, Individual Rights, Liberty

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