 Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto...  Impeachment: Selected Materials - Page 201by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1998 - 1854 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1955 - 1426 pages
...unwisdom of the old rule" (Sutherland, J., In Funk v. Unilct Stata, 290 0. 8. 371, 381). istration of the criminal law the end justifies the means —...crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal — would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1961 - 934 pages
...the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that...crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal — would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely... | |
 | United States Commission on Civil Rights - 1961 - 1230 pages
...government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law ; it invites every man to become a law unto himself ; it invites anarchy. To declare that...crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal * * * would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1961 - 598 pages
...Government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for law. It invites every man to become a law onto himself. It invites anarchy. To declare that in the...crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal would bring a terrible retribution. I am opposed, likewise, to the bills pending presently... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1963 - 450 pages
...Government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that...crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal — would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1963 - 442 pages
...the Government becomes a lawbreaker It breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; It Invites anarchy. To declare that...administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means—to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1967 - 1318 pages
...(jovernment becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law ; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that...administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means . . . would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely... | |
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