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To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred.

Antonin Scalia

Persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and pass a law. That’s what democracy is all about. It’s not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society.
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Citizenship Demand Goodness Ideas Judgement Society Yourself
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.
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Brain Character Learning Mindset Physical Skills World
It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.
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Constitution Difficult Illusion Invention Maintain Oneself
This is so absurd that it has, to my knowledge, never been contemplated.
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Knowledge Myself Weird
The wise do not investigate such silliness.
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Investigation Silly Weird Wisdom
Why can’t the state accede to the public’s wishes?
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Public State Wish
A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.
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Majority Right Worth
Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.
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Amateuer Decoration Practice Science
For in order for capitalism to work — in order for it to produce a good and a stable society — the traditional Christian virtues are essential.
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Essential Order Production Society Virtue
A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
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Constitution Economics Law
People look at rights as if they were muscles — the more you exercise them, the better they get.
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Better Exercise People Right Yourself
You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations until they were all litigated out.
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Different Regulation State Yourself
There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.
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Constitution Crime Privacy Protection Realization
The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.
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Interest Law Principle Protection Stability State
A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
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Basement Journey Machine Purpose
If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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Faith Goodness Judgement Reach Wrong

To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred.

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