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"There can be no security where there is fear."

"There can be no security where there is fear."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

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"If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn."

"If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Mistake, Heart, Worry

39

"Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it."

"Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it."

William J. Brennan, American Judge

39

"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something."

"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Life, Result, World

39

"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."

"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Life, Purpose, Causes, Decisions

39

"The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain."

"The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

Character, Clothes, Man, Perfection

39

"Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him."

"Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him."

Stephen Breyer, American Judge

Community, Job, Office, Understanding

39

"The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98; but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others."

"The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98; but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

39

"I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God if I were to resume my position as chief justice. And I said I would."

"I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God if I were to resume my position as chief justice. And I said I would."

Roy Moore, American Judge

God, Hearing, Justice

39

"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."

"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Marriage, Being

39

"Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics."

"Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics."

William J. Brennan, American Judge

People, Conflict, Fanatics, Religious

39

"Time will pass and seasons will come and go."

"Time will pass and seasons will come and go."

Roy Bean, American Judge

Time, Seasons, Will

39

"He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want."

"He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want."

Thomas Hughes, British Judge

Nothing, Right, Want

39

"The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold."

"The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Impression, Justice, Principles, Result

39

"Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."

"Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

39

"I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities."

"I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities."

Sonia Sotomayor, American Judge

Work, Nation, Project, Public

39

"The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting."

"The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting."

William J. Brennan, Jr., American Judge

Government, Rights, William J. Brennan, Jr.

39

"The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights."

"The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights."

Potter Stewart, American Judge

People, Rights, Property

39

"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."

"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Power, Oliver Holmes, Jr.

39

"The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong."

"The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

People, Myths, Wrong

38

"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do."

"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Marriage, Women, Man, Murder

38

"The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled."

"The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled."

Arthur J. Goldberg, American Judge

Constitution, Now, Reason

38

"Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government."

"Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Government, Men, Oliver Holmes, Jr.

38

"To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to cast aside millennia of moral teaching."

"To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to cast aside millennia of moral teaching."

Warren E. Burger, American Judge

Act, Right, Teaching

38

"In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide with that which we occupy in thinking of its whole dramatic effect."

"In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide with that which we occupy in thinking of its whole dramatic effect."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Effect, First, Play, Thinking

38

"But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections."

"But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Work, Tension, Tragedy

38

"Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep."

"Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Gratitude, Deep, Emotions

38

"And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun."

"And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun."

Roy Bean, American Judge

Harvest, Moon, Sun

38

"The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases."

"The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases."

Lance Ito, American Judge

Trust, Consideration, Effect

38

"Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation."

"Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge

Equality, Men, Women, Responsibility

38

"It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty."

"It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty."

Stephen Breyer, American Judge

American, Law, Liberty

38

"All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know."

"All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know."

Sonia Sotomayor, American Judge

Legal, Experience, People, Policy

38

"Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition."

"Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition."

Learned Hand, American Judge

38

"Competition is good and has served us well."

"Competition is good and has served us well."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

38

"When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit."

"When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

Society, People, Crime, Drugs

38

"I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted."

"I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted."

Frederick Pollock, English Judge

Abortion, states

38

"Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials."

"Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials."

William J. Brennan, Jr., American Judge

Decision, Class, Congress, Respect

38

"In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children."

"In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Children, Decency, Needs, Public

38

"We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision."

"We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision."

Byron White, American Judge

Government, Time, Decision, Writing

38

"The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known."

"The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Law, states, United, World

38

"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow."

"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow."

Roy Bean, American Judge

Land, Snow, Will, Wind

38

"Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong."

"Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong."

Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge

Men, Direction, Right, Today

38

"We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood the lessons of that World War, thus attempting to prevent its recurrence."

"We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood the lessons of that World War, thus attempting to prevent its recurrence."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Men, War, Order, Support

38

"To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working."

"To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working."

Earl Warren, American Judge

38

"The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy."

"The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy."

Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge

Home, Heart, Constitution, Intimacy

38

"We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being."

"We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

People, Being, Religious

38

"The Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act of 2005 is bipartisan legislation directing funding and promoting education and research toward the goal of preventing, treating and curing arthritis."

"The Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act of 2005 is bipartisan legislation directing funding and promoting education and research toward the goal of preventing, treating and curing arthritis."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Education, Control, Goal, Act

38

"To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks."

"To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks."

Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge

Mind, Perspective, Precedents, Profession

38

"That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution."

"That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution."

William Blackstone, English Judge

Constitution, Wrong

38

"Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life."

"Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life."

Potter Stewart, American Judge

Life, Medical, Abortion, Potential

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