...than that the Government should play an ignoble part." This echoes the words of Justice Brandeis that "If the Government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds...to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." A third count in the indictment of Government enforcement of the Volstead Act was sustained by the...

..."If the government," said Justice Brandeis, "becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law and invites every man to become a law unto himself. It invites anarchy." "For those who agree with me," said Justice Holmes, "no distinction can be taken between the government...

..."If the government," said Justice Brandéis, "becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law and invites every man to become a law unto himself. It invites anarchy." "For those who agree with me," said Justice Holmes, "no distinction can be taken between the government...

...subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen." Crime is contagious, he said, and "if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds...to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." Justice Brar.deis declared that in the administration of law, to say that the end justifies the means...

...Government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. * * * Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for laws ; it invites every man to become a law unto himself ; it invites anarchy (ibid., at p. 485). In...

...laws, existence of the Government will be imperilled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher....becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invties every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the admin•...

...laws, existence of the Government will be imperilled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher....for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example, ('rime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invties...

...laws, existence of the Government will be imperilled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it H'aches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Gov'•rnment becomes a lawbreaker,...

...situation come about? In his dissent in (Hmsttod v. Umttd States,1' Mr. Justice Brandeis warned that "(o]ur Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher....example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself. . . ."u...

...observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, omnipresent teacher. For good or for 111, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime...to become a law unto himself ; it Invites anarchy." What sort of philosophy are our State governments teaching by their actions? I accept the accuracy...