LAW DAY 189

offing. It took place in Ohio; it took place in California; it took place
in several other states. And every place it happened there were reduc-
tions in personnel employed by the State government; there were elimi-
nations of useless and duplicating functions. I think we can do it
here.

I didn't mean to talk quite so long, but I did want to get these points
out to you about money, the spinach of government, and how difficult
it is to explain a tax but how when we do it and when we know it is
right we can't run from it. We're going to have to face it and face the
criticism and knock it down where it occurs.

STATEMENT ON LAW DAY
May 1, 1967

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies
there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... The spirit
of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the
spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of
other men and women... the spirit of liberty remembers that not
even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the
spirit of Him who, nearly two thousand years ago, taught mankind
that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten;
that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and
considered side by side with the greatest. "—Learned Hand.

Our thoughts on this "Law Day" may well begin with the above
quotation from the pen of one of our most respected jurists. It is in
keeping with the observation of our 25th President, Theodore Roose-
velt, that "No man is above the law, and no man below it. " For those
of us who are sworn to protect the interests and rights of the people of
this State and nation, the passages quoted are unusually timely. As
our population continues to swell, the daily problems that we face are
magnified in direct proportion. While combating these increased pres-
sures and still continuing to keep abreast of all that must be done, we
run the risk of lapsing into a dangerous method of operation where
only the closest and strongest voices are heard. Too often, as a result,
one of us fails to weigh carefully all the rights and facts involved, there-
by producing the arbitrary decision, the unjust opinion or the in-
equitable result.