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Quotes by Judge
"Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions."
59
"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend."
58
"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."
58
"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."
57
"People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail."
57
"Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?"
57
"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful."
57
"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."
57
"I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights."
57
"I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences."
57
"Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so."
56
"The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression."
56
"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."
56
"Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions."
56
"There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed."
56
"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."
55
"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."
55
"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."
55
"I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection."
55
"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."
55
"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."
55
"Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment."
54
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience."
54
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
53
"The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases."
53
"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."
53
"The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards."
53
"While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty."
53
"Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution."
53
"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."
53
"Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely."
53
"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."
52
"Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause."
52
"The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed."
52
"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving."
52
"A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles."
52
"Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable."
52
"Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses."
51
"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."
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