Alexander Bickel Born : December 17, 1924 Died : November 8, 1974 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Alexander Bickel We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and there are occasionally bad laws, and it conforms to the highest traditions of a free society to offer resistance to bad laws, and to disobey them. Alexander Bickel judging law war [The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government. Alexander Bickel dangerous branches government