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"The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts."
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"Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers."
"I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am."
"We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques."
"Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime."
"Democrats' definition of "rich" - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all."
"Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority."
"'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party."
"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can."
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"The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism."
"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place."
"There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment."
"All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield."
"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone."
"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do."
"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."
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