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John Roberts23 quotes“You don’t doubt that the lobby supporting the enactment of same sex-marriage laws in different states is politically powerful, do you? As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case.”
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If the Constitution says that the little guy should win, the little guy is going to win in court before me, … But if the Constitution says that the big guy should win, well, then the big guy is going to win because my obligation is to the Constitution.
John RobertsJohn Roberts Senator, my answer is that the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court requires that nominees before this committee for a position on that court not forecast, give predictions, give hints, about how they might rule in cases that might come before the Supreme Court,.
John RobertsJohn Roberts If it’s a situation in which the public is being given access, you can’t discriminate against the media and say, as a general matter, that the media don’t have access, because their access rights, of course, correspond with those of the public.
John RobertsJohn Roberts Sometimes it’s just surreal out there, while you’re running a marathon. People just standing out in the cold, even the rain, cheering for you, blasting music for you. It’s an awesome show of camaraderie and community.
John RobertsJohn Roberts Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.
John RobertsJohn Roberts People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society. Those failures – joined with the similar failures of others – can readily have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
John RobertsJohn Roberts If it’s a situation in which the public is being given access, you can’t discriminate against the media and say, as a general matter, that the media don’t have access, because their access rights, of course, correspond with those of the public.
John RobertsJohn Roberts The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.
John RobertsJohn Roberts Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules. They apply them.
John RobertsJohn Roberts An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from the Supreme Court.
John RobertsJohn Roberts The States are separate and independent sovereigns. Sometimes they need to act like it.
John RobertsJohn Roberts People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.
John RobertsJohn Roberts The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax.
John RobertsJohn Roberts You can’t fight for your rights if you don’t know what they are.
John RobertsJohn Roberts The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
John RobertsJohn Roberts I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don’t think they’re funny and the non-lawyers don’t think they’re jokes.
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AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
Akbar GanjiAkbar Ganji In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah How clever the human mind is, that it can accept two contradictory things as ‘facts.’ Yes, I know that in this case one ‘fact’ was untrue. But the human mind can KNOW something is untrue and still accept it as a ‘fact,’ and act on it as if it were true.
Aidan ChambersAidan Chambers It’s in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I’ll write it down in case it comes up again, I’ll be certain to avoid it.
Aimee MannAimee Mann People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins If you’re rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you’re loyal and faithful, they turn those against you.
Aidan ChambersAidan Chambers The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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