"Liberty lies in the hearts of men & women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court

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"Liberty lies in the hearts of men & women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it."
- Judge Learned Hand​

Judge Learned Hand-"Liberty lies in the hearts of men & women; when it dies there, no constitution can do much to help it"
August 18, 2019 ~ By Bill Federer
"A conservative among liberals, and a liberal among conservatives," he was not consistently conservative enough for Republican President Warren G. Harding and he was not consistently liberal enough for Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt. As a result, he was passed over several times to be a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. His name was Learned Hand, who served as a judge for over 50 years, first on New York's District Court, then on the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Judge Learned Hand's legal decisions were so respected they were referenced in U.S. Supreme Court Cases. Though a political progressive, he was an advocate of judicial restraint, stating he could not "frame any definition that will explain when the Court will assume the role of a third legislative chamber and when it will limit its authority. "

Comment:
Hmm...., Learned Hand... an unforgettable name for a judge, and by most accounts an excellent one. As with Judge Hand, there have been many "learned" citizens who have warned Americans of potential threats to liberty posed by those who might subvert the Constitution's protections for liberty.
liberty lies in the hands of the armed, and those not afraid to protect liberty with means of protecting it afforded us by our inalienable right, AND upheld by our constitution for the purpose of defense against all enemies foreign and domestic- In those unwilling to do so, liberty has died- submission to overlords is not far behind for them.
“Yearning to be free” is an illusion for much of the human race even in this day and age. So many LIKE the settled quality of knowing they do not have to bear the burden of self-determination, that another has chosen the way, and they obediently comply.
More than likely less than 30% of the American colonists were in favor of breaking ties with the British Crown in the year 1775, even after the 'Stamp Act' and various methods the British tried to oppress the colonists. It is noteworthy that the provinces in the Dominion of Canada chose not to join their neighbors to the south in the rebellion against the Crown, but preferred their state of domestication.