It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. (Robert H. Jackson)

It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

Robert H. Jackson

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