Wiley Blount Rutledge Professions : Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Born : July 20, 1894 Died : September 10, 1949 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Wiley Blount Rutledge Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or of grace or of discretion. Wiley Blount Rutledge grace law justice It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the First Article's assurance. Wiley Blount Rutledge rights peace people Similar Authors Benjamin Robbins Curtis former-associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states Byron White former-associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states Arthur Goldberg former-associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states Benjamin Cardozo former-associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states Abe Fortas former-associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states David Souter former-associate-justice-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states All Authors
