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Quotes by Judge
"War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals."
69
"Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values."
68
"Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment."
67
"Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions."
67
"Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?"
66
"I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night."
66
"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."
66
"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."
65
"Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products."
65
"Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so."
65
"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful."
65
"I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection."
65
"Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause."
64
"The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression."
64
"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."
64
"I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights."
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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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"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."
64
"The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried."
63
"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."
63
"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."
63
"A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles."
63
"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."
62
"The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases."
62
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience."
62
"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."
62
"Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions."
62
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
61
"To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him."
61
"I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases."
61
"The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed."
61
"Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want."
60
"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."
60
"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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