DDJ 33. 自胜者强 Habeas Corpus

第三十三章
[原文]

知人者智，自知者明。胜人者有力，自胜者强①。知足者富，强行②者有志，不失其所者久，死而不亡③者寿。

[译文]

能了解、认识别人叫做智慧，能认识、了解自己才算聪明。能战胜别人是有力的，能克制自己的弱点才算刚强。知道满足的人才是富有人。坚持力行、努力不懈的就是有志。不离失本分的人就能长久不衰，身虽死而“道”仍存的，才算真正的长寿。

http://www.daodejing.org/33.html

自知者明, 自胜者强, 自制者久。  Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.   The nascent US government sought to restrain the legislative branch in Section 9.  

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The Constitution Article I. Section 9.2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/61/habeas-corpus

Since the Civil War, Habeas Corpus has been expanded and suspended only three times: "South Carolina in 1871 (to deal with the Ku Klux Klan); the Philippines in 1905 (in connection with the local revolt); and Hawaii during World War II. Conversely, beginning in 1789, Congress passed a number of statutes providing habeas relief for a growing category of prisoners."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus

The writ of habeas corpus is known as "the great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement",^{[Note 1]} being a remedy available to the meanest against the mightiest. It is a summons with the force of a court order; it is addressed to the custodian (a prison official for example) and demands that a prisoner be taken before the court, and that the custodian present proof of authority, allowing the court to determine whether the custodian has lawful authority to detain the prisoner. If the custodian is acting beyond his or her authority, then the prisoner must be released. Any prisoner, or another person acting on his or her behalf, may petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of habeas corpus. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus_in_the_United_States