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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."
145
"Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."
96
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
79
"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it."
79
"There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."
69
"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."
57
"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms."
56
"The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband."
56
"To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old."
55
"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."
52
"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."
52
"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights."
49
"If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion."
49
"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful."
46
"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
46
"Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions."
46
"But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard."
45
"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."
45
"Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions."
44
"It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals."
43
"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do."
43
"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."
43
"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."
43
"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."
43
"Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values."
43
"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."
42
"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."
42
"Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently."
42
"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."
42
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