1000 Quotes Project

"A Selection of Curated Quotes"

Menu

  • About

Jackson, Robert H

340 – “Ultimate futility of such attempts to compel coherence is the lesson of every such effort from the Roman drive to stamp out Christianity as a disturber of its pagan unity, the Inquisition, as a means to religious and dynastic unity, the Siberian exiles as a means to Russian unity, down to the fast failing efforts of our present totalitarian enemies. Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.”

–Robert H Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

(more…)

Posted in Jackson, Robert H and tagged Compel, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Death, Dissent, Elimination, Exterminate, First Amendment, Freedom, Futility, History, Idea, Judge, Judicial, Justice, Opinion, Patriotism, Political, SCOTUS, Sourced, Supreme Court, Unanimious, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette on January 5, 2018 by Chalax91. Leave a comment

Find a Quote

The Quoted

Past Quotes

Quote Topics

Advice anonymous Attributed Connection History Inspiration Life Life Lessons Literature Love People Perspective President Sourced Speech Thoughts on Life United States of America Unsourced USA Worldview
Follow 1000 Quotes Project on WordPress.com

new posts by email.

Join 331 other subscribers

Recent Quotes

  • 1128 – “When we shit we forget our airs and our graces, we forget how famous we or how rich we are. All of that goes away. You are never more yourself than when you’re taking a shit. You have that moment where you realize, This is me. This is who I am. September 14, 2021
  • 1127 – “Expertise isn’t about being consistently right. It’s about becoming decreasingly wrong. A hallmark of understanding is the ability to rule out inaccurate theories and flawed evidence, and thereby move closer to the truth. Learning is the art of discarding mistaken ideas.” September 12, 2021
  • 1126 – Life Lesson from Herman Munster June 7, 2020

Stats

  • 69,588 views

Wordpress Stuff

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • 1000 Quotes Project
    • Join 331 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • 1000 Quotes Project
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar