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Quotation from Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer by Supreme Court of the United States
“With all its defects, delays and inconveniences, men have discovered no technique for long preserving free government except that the Executive be under the law, and that the law be made by parliamentary deliberations.”
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, Concurrence of Justice Jackson, conclusion (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Jackson's closing defense of legislative government.
Citation: "With all its defects, delays and inconveniences, men have discovered no technique for long preserving free government except that the Executive be under the law, and that the law be made by parliamentary deliberations." — Supreme Court of the United States, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, Concurrence of Justice Jackson, conclusion (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id youngstown-sheet-and-tube-v-sawyer-q5)
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