"As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard."

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"As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard."

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"Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all."

Paul Begala, American Journalist

Policy, Effect, Months, Presidency

"If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random."

Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding."

Leon Jouhaux, French Leader

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"We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

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"Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable."

Tabitha Soren, American Celebrity

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"A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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"I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days."

Gerhard Schroeder, German Statesman

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"I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy."

Ed Case, American Politician

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"The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King."

Jonathan Kozol, American Writer

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"It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow."

May

"The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it."

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"It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach."

Force

"It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals."

Inequality

"Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today."

Day

"It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people."

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"Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society."

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"Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy."

Controversy

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes."

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"It simply is not true that war never settles anything."

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