 No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law and are bound to obey it.  Presidential Records Act of 1978: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the ... - Էջ 446United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights - 1978 - 896 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay - 1848 - 550 էջ
...jailors, hangmen, and grave-diggers are to be elected annually, biennially, or for a longer term of years. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are to be chosen at the polls ; the country must be harassed from day to day, and from year to year, with... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 678 էջ
...anointed, and owned by the people as their king. 2 Kings xi. 12, 14. 2. It is the duty of all men to treat all the officers of the government from the highest to the lowest with respect, and to give to each the honour that is his due, never using reviling or railing language... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 648 էջ
...anointed, and owned by the people as their king. 2 Kings xi. 12, 14. 2. It is the duty of all men to treat all the officers of the government from the highest to the lowest with respect, and to give to each the honour that is his due, never using reviling or railing language... | |
 | 1883 - 548 էջ
...so high that be is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law and are bound to obey it. It is the only supreme power in our system of governmeut, and every man who by... | |
 | 1883 - 552 էջ
...high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. AD the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law aud are bound to obey it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who... | |
 | 1884 - 1902 էջ
...included within the survey, it seems to me a case is disclosed for the interposition of the courts. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are but agents with delegated powers, and if they act beyond the scope of those delegated powers their... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 890 էջ
...so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who,... | |
 | 1884 - 676 էջ
...so high that he is above the law; no officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity ; all the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it." Upon examination of the doctrine that, except where congress has provided, the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 676 էջ
...so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law and are bound to obey it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who by... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 840 էջ
...high that he is above the law ; no officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity ; all the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it." Upon examination of the doctrine that, except where Congress has provided, the... | |
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