Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles.

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

We must bring the rule of law to its full fruition in the United States, and when we do, we will have achieved the goals and rhetoric of our Founding Fathers.

Our laws are ultimately all that protect us from tyranny, and before them we are all equal - prime ministers and private citizens alike.

I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The magic of the American experience is that we've upheld the rule of law for everybody, everybody treated equally beneath the law.

I fought for the rule of law in America.

Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

Liberty cannot live apart from constitutional

Democracy is a universal value

The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights.

There is no freedom without justice.

Trial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it is a good thing!

Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences.

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.

In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind fail in attaining them, as indeed I have already explained. Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing.

The business of government is justice.

Democracy is the right choice and is the greatest form of government ever created.

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.