“To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution”
“To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution”
“Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law”
“Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire”
“The income tax has made more liars out of more Americans than golf has.”
“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law”
“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press”
“What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive”