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Quotes by Judge
"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution."
160
"Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."
103
"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it."
87
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
85
"There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."
76
"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms."
64
"To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old."
63
"The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband."
63
"Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman."
62
"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."
61
"My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S."
58
"If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion."
55
"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights."
54
"It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals."
53
"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful."
53
"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used."
53
"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."
53
"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do."
52
"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
51
"Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values."
51
"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend."
51
"Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks are not necessarily aligned."
51
"Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom."
51
"Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently."
51
"People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail."
50
"Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues."
50
"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."
50
"You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or may be young to after sixty, and not old before eighty."
50
"Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions."
50
"The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United States as well as assist in reducing the cost incurred by the Federal government for these procedures."
49
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