When a statute attacks an individual right, the State must never let it sleep. When it attacks the right of the public at large and is allowed to pass into a state of slumber, it cannot be raised for the purpose of punishing an individual.


The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)

Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

When a statute attacks an individual right, the State must never let it sleep. When it attacks the right of the public at large and is allowed to...

When a statute attacks an individual right, the State must never let it sleep. When it attacks the right of the public at large and is allowed to...

When a statute attacks an individual right, the State must never let it sleep. When it attacks the right of the public at large and is allowed to...

When a statute attacks an individual right, the State must never let it sleep. When it attacks the right of the public at large and is allowed to...