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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."
89
"Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."
59
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
41
"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it."
35
"There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."
31
"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms."
30
"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful."
28
"The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband."
24
"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."
22
"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."
20
"It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals."
19
"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."
19
"I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves."
19
"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."
19
"If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion."
19
"But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard."
18
"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights."
17
"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
17
"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."
17
"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."
16
"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend."
16
"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."
16
"To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well."
15
"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."
15
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
14
"When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there."
14
"Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times."
14
"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."
14
"Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?"
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