Political literatureThe average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.H.L. MenckenNotes on Democracy · 1926★ 6.1
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingIf the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.Thurgood MarshallStanley v. Georgia · 1969★ 5.3
Political literature · Philosophical literatureJustice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.John RawlsA Theory of Justice · 1971★ 4.4
Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.H.L. Mencken1928★ 4.3
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