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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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793 |
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AUTHOR:
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856–1941) |
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QUOTATION:
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Decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperilled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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Justice LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, dissenting, Olmstead et al. v. United States, 277 U.S. 485 (1928). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Government officials |
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