I've chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent revolution. When the Supreme Court makes a decision, no matter how strongly one disagrees with it, one faces a choice — are we, in John Adams' phrase, a nation of laws, or is it a contest made on raw power?


As quoted in "Gore Sees No Reason to Run" by Patrick Healy in The New York Times (25 May 2007).

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I've chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent ...

I've chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent ...

I've chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent ...

I've chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent ...