The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. Votes: 1
Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving. Votes: 1
Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be carried out in ways that erode due process, rule of law and the protection of innocent citizens' political and civil rights. Votes: 1
As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from government intrusion. Votes: 0
A distinction of property results from that very protection which a free Government gives to unequal faculties of acquiring it. Votes: 0
It is only the Negro leadership, the bourgeois, hand-picked, handful of Negroes who think that they're going to get some kind of respect, recognition, or protection from the Government. Votes: 0
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Votes: 4 Thomas Paine
Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states. Votes: 4 Barack Obama