Due Process Quotes

• Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Opportunity, Law, Justice

  "Frank v. Magnum, 237 U.S. 309, 347". Judicial opinion, 1915.

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• Out here, due process is a bullet.

  John Wayne

  Bullets, Tough Guy, Process

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.60, Taylor Trade Publications

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• That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles; and by the recognition by all citizens that they have duties as well as rights, and that such rights cannot be enjoyed save in a society where law is respected and due process is observed.

  George Mason

  Blessing, Rights, Government

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• [T]he guilty as well as the innocent are entitled to due process of law. They are entitled to a fair trial. They are entitled to counsel. They are entitled to fair treatment from the police. The law enforcement officer has the same duty as the citizen-indeed, he has a higher duty-to abide by the letter and spirit of our Constitution and laws. You yourselves must be careful to obey the letter of the law. You yourselves must be intellectually honest in the enforcement of the law.

  Harry S. Truman

  Law, Police, Letters

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• We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Fear, Writing, Men

  YouTube Chanel "KD"/ "Edward R. Murrow: 'A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy'", www.youtube.com. November 10, 2014.

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• Whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law.

  Andy Griffith

  Men, Law, Guilty

  "Fictional character: Sheriff Taylor". "The Andy Griffith Show", blogs.chicagotribune.com.

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• Left-wing zealots have often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can get away with it. For them the ends always seems to justify the means. That is precisely how their predecessors came to create the gulag.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Mean, Thinking, Wings

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• It's a very frightening time when something as basic as due process is seen as somehow radical.

  John Cusack

  Process, Radical, Frightening

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• The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

  Eric Holder

  Guarantees, Constitution, Process

  Address at Northwestern University Law School, delivered 5 March 2012, Chicago, IL

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• Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.

  Eric Holder

  Process, National Security, Judicial

  Address at Northwestern University Law School, delivered 5 March 2012, Chicago, IL

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• I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built.

  Wesley Snipes

  Country, Thinking, Trials

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• We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Law, Remember, Accusation

  "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy". "See It Now" on CBS, www.lib.berkeley.edu. March 09, 1954.

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• The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

  Byron White

  Law, Choices, Morality

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• Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.

  William J. Brennan

  Fundamentals, Use, Fairness

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• Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error.

  Benjamin Cardozo

  Errors, Growth, Ingredients

  Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Abraham Lawrence Sainer (1999). “Law is Justice: Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo”, p.425, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.

  Ted Cruz

  Taken, Responsibility, Government

  "Ted Cruz Puts Dewhurst on Defensive in Last Debate Before Texas Runoff" by Roque Planas, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2012.

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• History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Rights, Government, Rare Occasion

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• Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate. 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

  Eric Holder

  Senior, Leader, President

  Address at Northwestern University Law School, delivered 5 March 2012, Chicago, IL

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• Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.

  Howard Berman

  Years, Three, Privacy

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• When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury - national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture - we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.

  Rand Paul

  Couple, Law, Erosion

  "We Must Demilitarize the Police" by Rand Paul, time.com. August 14, 2014.

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• We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Political, Due Process Of Law, Conformity

  "Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy" (television documentary), 7 Mar. 1954

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• The definition of hell in the legal system is: endless due process and no justice; (in the corporate world) it would be: endless due diligence and no horse sense.

  Charlie Munger

  Horse, Justice, Would Be

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• I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And is what, what's gonna uphold our Constitution and our traditions of due process.

  Barack Obama

  People, Safe, Constitution

  "Lauer to Obama: Are You Worried about a Gitmo 'Willie Horton?'" by Geoffrey Dickens, www.newsbusters.org. February 2, 2009.

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• The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority and other concepts essential to the establishment of a political society. They saw in Scripture political and legal models - such as republicanism, separation of powers, and due process of law - that they believed enjoyed divine favor and were worthy of emulation in their polities.

  Daniel L Dreisbach

  Order, Law, Government

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech, freedom of religious thought, and the right to due process for composers, performers and retailers are imperiled if the PMRC and the major labels consummate this nasty bargain.

  Frank Zappa

  Religious, Writing, Law

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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