Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. (Amend. V)
Bill of Rights Quotes
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial. (Amend. VI)
Bill of rights give assurance to the individual of the preservation of his liberty. They do not define the liberty they promise.
I have often thought that the Bill of Rights should have stopped after the first five words: “Congress shall make no laws . . .”
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority… it is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.
One more thing about the Bill of Rights. Please keep faith in its purity. Those who say it needs editing must admit Americans are no longer worthy of its blessings. Those who say it’s archaic must admit this country can’t live up to its Founders’ dreams. Those who say they know better, let them go […]
Painful as it may be to hear it, there’s nothing special about the people of this country that sets them apart from the other people of the world. It is the Bill of Rights, and only the Bill of Rights, that keeps us from becoming the world’s biggest banana republic. The moment we forget that, […]
The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, […]
It seems as if the Department (of Justice) sees the value of the Bill of Rights as no more than obstacles to be overcome.
Let no man think that we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the government arrest suspected ‘radicals’ without warrant, hold them without prompt trial, deny them access to counsel and admission of bail… we have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity as a shield […]
