Louis Nizer

“I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds”. –Louis Nizer

Isaac Parker

“‘Do equal and exact justice’ is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, ‘Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape'”. –Isaac Parker

John Quincy Adams

“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it”. –John Quincy Adams

William Howard Taft

“Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken with out developing new evils requiring new remedies”. –William Howard Taft

James Monroe

“The American continents… are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers”. –James Monroe

Samuel Untermyer

“The Jews are the aristocrats of the world”. –Samuel Untermyer

Learned Hand

“For myself it would be most irksome to be ruled by a bevy of Platonic Guardians, even if I knew how to choose them, which I assuredly do not”. –Learned Hand

Dean Acheson

“No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies”. –Dean Acheson

Francis Biddle

“The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President”. –Francis Biddle