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"What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution."
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"As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."

"Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights."

"Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution."

"Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846."

"I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution."

"But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man."

"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."

"One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights."

"If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court."

"The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled."
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"Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property."

"I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it."

"Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it."

"I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people."

"I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day."

"I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think."

"A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo."

"You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff."
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