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Quotation from Ex parte Milligan by Supreme Court of the United States
“No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.”
Ex parte Milligan, Opinion of the Court (Davis, J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Davis continues directly from his statement that the Constitution governs in war as in peace.
Citation: "No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government." — Supreme Court of the United States, Ex parte Milligan, Opinion of the Court (Davis, J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id ex-parte-milligan-q2)
Portrait: DDavis, Brady-Handy collection, Public domain.
