"Daniel Webster, James Otis, and Sir Edward Coke all pointed out that the mere fact of enactment does not and cannot raise mere statutes to the standing of law. Not everything can be considered the Law of the Land." -American Jurisprudence (Second) Source: 16 AM. JUR. 2nd Sec. 547.
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/American.Jurisprudence.(Second).Quote.D278
"All men have equal rights, but not to equal things." -Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Edmund.Burke.Quote.D48E
"I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution." -Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) 22nd & 24th US President Source: written often during his two terms as president when he vetoed Congressional spending.
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Grover.Cleveland.Quote.D51D
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