‘The following story is told of Judge [Horace] Gray, now in the US Supreme Court: “A man was brought before him who was justly charged with being an offender of the meanest sort. Through some technicality the Judge was obliged to discharge him, but as he did so he chose the time to say what he though of the matter. I believe you guilty, he said, and would wish to condemn you severely, but through a petty technicality I am obliged to discharge you. I know you are guilty, and so do you, and I wish you to remember that one day you will stand before a better and perhaps wiser Judge, when you will be dealt with according to justice and not according to law.”’
–Chicago Tribune, Friday March 7, 1884, page 4
“The bonds of citizenship derive from people’s place of birth not from their blood.”
– Justice Horace Gray
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— Shamel (@ShamelLakin) August 13, 2020