Quote by Alfred E. Smith

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of individual and collective rights to organize and oppose laws or constitutional provisions that do not align with their beliefs. It highlights the freedom citizens have to express their dissent and work towards change or justice. Recognizing the right to voice disagreement empowers the people to challenge policies they consider unjust, ensuring that the constitution remains a dynamic and evolving document that reflects the values and needs of society.

Topics

By Alfred E. Smith

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

On completely popular government: Its superiority in referen

On completely popular government: Its superiority in reference to present well-being rests upon two principles, of as universal truth and applicability as any general propositions which can be laid down respecting human affairs. The first is, that the rights and interests of every or any person are only secure from being disregarded, when the person interested is himself able, and habitually disposed, to stand up for them. The second is, that the general prosperity attains a greater height, and is more widely diffused, in proportion to the amount and variety of the personal energies enlisted in promoting it.

John Stuart Mill

No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!

No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.

It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden o

It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Togeth

Trust your ability!

Trust your ability!

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not o

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhap

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the int

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself

Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.

Art Inspiration

Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.

Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.

Violet Bonham Carter

We often give our enemies the means to our own destruction.

We often give our enemies the means to our own destruction.