Court Quotes - Page 4

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

  Irving Kaufman

  Trust, History, Our Society

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• Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Vices, Cottages, Vice And Virtue

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.324

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• The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena.

  Stockwell Day

  Political, Arena, Mindset

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• Bullying wasn't okay in elementary school and it isn't okay now, especially when it comes in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

  John Doolittle

  Bullying, School, Decision

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• There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Law, Jail, People

  Speech,Williamsburg, Va., 1 May 1965

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• The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

  William Weld

  Government, Three, Branches

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• The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

  Elena Kagan

  Responsibility, Rights, Government

  Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the USSC Justice Confirmation Hearings, delivered 28 June 2010

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• You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of Illinois, eight men were sentenced to death because they believed in a better future; because they had not lost their faith in the ultimate victory of liberty and justice!

  August Spies

  Faith, Death, Future

  Address of August Spies. "The Accused the Accusers: Famous Speeches of the Chicago Anarchists in Court", www.chicagohistoryresources.org. 1886.

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• While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.

  Samuel Dash

  Teacher, Teaching, Law

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• The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Justice, Literature, World

  "The Open Society and Its Enemies". Book by Karl Popper, 1945.

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• Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, Memorable, Good Man

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.672, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.

  Cass Sunstein

  Law, Diversity, Political

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• Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.

  Amelie Mauresmo

  Sports, Our World, Needs

  Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.

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• I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State.

  William Whipple

  Law, Doubt, Sovereign

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• The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Law, Creating, United States

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• There are a lot of wonderful people in America who shouldn't be on the Supreme Court - and a lot who should be on the court who aren't such wonderful people.

  David Frum

  America, People, Wonderful

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• A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.

  Tom C. Clark

  Cities, Trials, Arena

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• We've got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Let's create a new legal system, so they'll have their day in court.

  Lindsey Graham

  Letting Go, People, Criminals

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• If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.

  Elena Kagan

  Decision, Principles, Constitution

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• The Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices have all been chosen from the lower federal courts. A nominee with relevant non-judicial experience would bring a different and useful perspective to the court.

  Harry Reid

  Real, Justice, Perspective

  "Bush Picks Miers for Supreme Court". www.foxnews.com. October 04, 2005.

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• Americans revere both the Constitution and an independent Court that applies the document's provisions. The Court has done many excellent things in our history, and few people are willing to see its power broken. The difficulty with all proposals to respond to the Court when it behaves unconstitutionally is that they would create a power to destroy the Court's essential work as well.

  Robert Bork

  Independent, People, Broken

  Robert H. Bork (2009). “The Tempting of America”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view, its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.

  Byron White

  Exercise, Views, Judicial Power

  Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 at 222, 1973.

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• Uganda's Constitutional Court will decide whether the military court can proceed with this trial. A nation cannot claim to be operating under the rule of law if its military tribunals ignore the orders of civilian courts.

  Bill Vaughan

  Military, Order, Law

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• Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

  William Howard Taft

  Forever, President, Goes On

  "The Life and Times of William Howard Taft". Book by Henry F. Pringle, 1939.

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• Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.

  Jim Courier

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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