Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty. (Robert H. Jackson)

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.

Robert H. Jackson

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