Justice Robert H. Jackson Quote

Quote from Justice Robert H. Jackson,

"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."

By:	Justice Robert H. Jackson (more quotes by Justice Robert H. Jackson or books by/about Justice Robert H. Jackson)
	(1892-1954) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
Source:	US Supreme Court, American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382, 442 (1950)
Categories:	Constitution, Government, Independence, Militia, Responsibility, Sovereignty
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