The Impact of the 19th Amendment By Elmore Perera
(Lanka-e-News - 10.June.2015, 10.00 PM) “A prophet is not without honour save in his own country”. My many weaknesses are well known to CIMOGG. I therefore consider it as a signal honour to have been invited to “prophesy” as it were, about the possible impact of the 19th Amendment.
Judge Learned Hand, a distinguished American Judge made these observations. I quote “What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, on laws and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no Constitution, no Law, no Court can ever do much to help it. While it lies there, it needs no Constitution, no law, no court to save it” Unquote.
