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"Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions."
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"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
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"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."
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Charles Evans Hughes
"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."
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"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society."
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John Paul Stevens
"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society."
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"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
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Louis D. Brandeis
"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
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"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."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"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."
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"The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality."
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality."
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"Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it."
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Thomas Hughes
"Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it."
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"Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has."
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"Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own."
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Frederick Pollock
"Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own."
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"A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person."
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Potter Stewart
"A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person."
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"The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution."
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Byron White
"The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution."
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"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot."
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Clarence Thomas
"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot."
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"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."
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Charles Evans Hughes
"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."
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"For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world."
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Harold H. Greene
"For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world."
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"Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows."
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Frederick Pollock
"Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows."
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"I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle."
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Clarence Thomas
"I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle."
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"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."
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Charles Evans Hughes
"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."
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"I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life."
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Benjamin Cardozo
"I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life."
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"I would not like to be the only woman on the court."
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"I would not like to be the only woman on the court."
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"My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move."
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"But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government."
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Roy Moore
"But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government."
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"The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud."
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Harry A. Blackmun
"The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud."
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"Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently."
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Harry A. Blackmun
"Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently."
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"In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property."
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Potter Stewart
"In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property."
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"Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment."
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"But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here."
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John Marshall Harlan
"But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here."
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"We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense."
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Andrew Coyle Bradley
"We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense."
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"We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens."
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"It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures."
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Potter Stewart
"It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures."
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"To do my duty, I must obey God."
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Roy Moore
"To do my duty, I must obey God."
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"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."
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Oliver Holmes, Jr.
"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."
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"Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so."
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Byron White
"Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so."
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"The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment."
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William J. Brennan
"The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment."
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"The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known."
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Charles Evans Hughes
"The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known."
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"Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values."
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"The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed."
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Benjamin Cardozo
"The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed."
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"Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed."
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Roy Bean
"Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed."
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"Carve every word before you let it fall."
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Carve every word before you let it fall."
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"The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles."
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Louis D. Brandeis
"The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles."
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"Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings regarding the tragic character."
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Andrew Coyle Bradley
"Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings regarding the tragic character."
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"I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy."
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Oliver Holmes, Jr.
"I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy."
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"Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?"
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?"
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"Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want."
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Stephen Breyer
"Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want."
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"I do think that our freedoms are at risk."
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Clarence Thomas
"I do think that our freedoms are at risk."
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"The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases."
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"The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God."
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Oliver Holmes, Jr.
"The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God."
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"I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like."
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Sandra Day O'Connor
"I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like."
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"Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution."
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Learned Hand
"Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution."
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"They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge."
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Roy Moore
"They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge."
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