 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.  Essays on Government - Page 189by Abbott Lawrence Lowell - 1889 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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... | |
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...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... | |
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...No man in this country is 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...it. It is the only supreme power in our system of governmeut, and every man who by accepting office participates in its functions is only the more strongly... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 552 pages
...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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1902 pages
...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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 780 pages
...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...the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who by accepting office participates in its functions is only the more strongly bound... | |
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