It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.

  • -- William Rehnquist 奎斯特

法院总是有可能超越其适当的界限,也许宣布许多法律违宪,并以一种不应该感到沮丧的方式挫败多数人的意愿。

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The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

自然界中最普遍的规律是公平——平衡和对称的原则,它引导形式沿着结构效率最高的路线发展。

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.

法律不过是为公共利益而制定的某种理性条例,由关心社会的人颁布。

I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

我已经不再关心怀疑论者,但如果他们诽谤或诋毁我,他们最终会上法庭。

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

敷衍了事地报复是自找麻烦;谴责或掩饰你的仇恨。

With law must the land be built.

必须用法律来建设土地。