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"Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say."

"Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say."

Frederick Pollock, English Judge

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"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

Men, Women, Fear, Free speech

46

"Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."

"Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

46

"The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care."

"The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Health, Medical, Quality

46

"The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up."

"The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Time, Courage, Rights, Human rights

46

"To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?"

"To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?"

John Paul Stevens, American Judge

Medical, Decision, Judgment

46

"There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin."

"There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

Religion, Truth, Candor, May

46

"I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent."

"I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Time, Day, Right

46

"Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge."

"Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Knowledge, Shakespeare, Supernatural, Witches

46

"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."

"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

Argument, Arguments, Man, Temper

45

"No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture."

"No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture."

Learned Hand, American Judge

History, Cause, Devil, Doubt

45

"When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty."

"When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Certainty, Law, Principles, Questions

45

"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

45

"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

45

"If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall."

"If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall."

William Rehnquist, American Judge

45

"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

45

"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

45

"Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!"

"Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!"

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

45

"Competition is good and has served us well."

"Competition is good and has served us well."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

45

"A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable."

"A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable."

Antonin Scalia, American Judge

45

"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."

"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

Government, People, Anarchy, Contempt

45

"Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society."

"Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Society, End, Freedom, Press

45

"Fairness is what justice really is."

"Fairness is what justice really is."

Potter Stewart, American Judge

45

"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism."

"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Government, People, Progress, Socialism

45

"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

45

"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

45

"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

45

"She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me."

"She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge

Legal, Career, Support

45

"If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you."

"If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

45

"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

45

"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

45

"Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances."

"Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Woman, Women, Encouraging, Correction

45

"Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people."

"Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

People, Acting, Name, World

45

"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

45

"The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind."

"The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Strength, Confidence, Man, Mind

45

"The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society."

"The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society."

Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge

Society, Trust, Court, Public

45

"In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character."

"In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Death, Character, Suffering, Tragedy

45

"The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character."

"The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Character, Rights

45

"The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government."

"The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Government, Constitution, Right, Silence

45

"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

45

"Those who own the country ought to govern it."

"Those who own the country ought to govern it."

John Jay, American Judge

45

"Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders."

"Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

Men, Afterlife, Delight, Heaven

45

"The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work."

"The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Education, Work, Men, Women

44

"The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted."

"The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted."

George Sutherland, English Judge

Legal, Law, Right, Taxes

44

"The Church's role should be separated from the state's role."

"The Church's role should be separated from the state's role."

Roy Moore, American Judge

44

"How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal?"

"How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal?"

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Victory, Promises, Years

44

"Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment."

"Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment."

Learned Hand, American Judge

Environment, Words

44

"Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another."

"Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another."

Thomas Hughes, British Judge

Power, God, Friends, Gifts

44

"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

44

"As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general."

"As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Character, Beginning, Rights, Human rights

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