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Quotes by Lawyer
"Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne."
70
"The president does not have any obligation to make a consensus appointment here. What the president's obligation is, is to pick a judicial conservative, and I believe that's what he's gonna do."
70
"If in my fight I can encourage even some people to understand and to abandon policies they now so blindly follow, I shall not regret any punishment I may incur."
69
"Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race."
69
"Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself."
69
"Indifference is harder to fight than hostility, and there is nothing that kills an agitation like having everybody admit that it is fundamentally right."
69
"Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid."
68
"If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality."
68
"Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends messages that 'real Americans' believe in God."
68
"I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest."
66
"In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder."
66
"I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure."
65
"I believe I am strengthening the Constitution with my case."
65
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
65
"I don't think anybody has that crystal ball but the president."
65
"I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up over expectations which all candidates contribute to including this President that simply cannot be fulfilled."
64
"I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it."
Hate,
64
"The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion."
64
"Here, I am looking for a document issued by a public attorney. I don't find. He is accused by the political leaders of the coalition, by his enemies, who said that he is guilty. That he deserves to be killed."
64
"The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens."
64
"The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary."
64
"So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are."
64
"I can understand Communism, but not Socialism."
63
"I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out to people in a more magnanimous spirit."
63
"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites."
63
"It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others."
63
"It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the entire basis of it is this is a way to get more information, more important information to the public. And that's why so many states recognize this."
63
"We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice."
62
"For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
62
"There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause."
62
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