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"Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want."
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"There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed."
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"You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment."
Office
"We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges."
Judges
"You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts."
People
"Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants."
Government
"I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control."
Thought
"Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts."
Fact
"To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty."
Justice
"We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other."
Public
"Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public."
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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."
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"I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here."
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"Forget it. Never explain, never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't."
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"Independence is paramount and freedom holds a lot of new possibilities, if all the chances are given at the right time."
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Personal Development
"True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor."
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Personal Development
"When you are dead you are independent, when you are alive your always dependent. It really doesn't matter are you there or there there is somebody above you, always!"
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Personal Development
"What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!"
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Personal Development
"Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend."
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"Woman must be financially independent to be free in love."
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Personal Development
"If you care about what people think about you, you will end up being their slave. Reject and pull your own rope."
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