A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
ANTONIN SCALIABear 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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This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the least pain?
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I think the main fight is to dissuade Americans from what the secularists are trying to persuade them to be true: that the separation of church and state means that the government cannot favor religion over nonreligion.
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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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Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.
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In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.
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Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.
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The wise do not investigate such silliness.
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As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to ‘do what the people want,’ instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.
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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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The Constitution does not trust judges to make determinations of criminal guilt.
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Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ’s sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world.
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Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.
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The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.
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In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it’s not perfect, that’s okay, there are a lot more coming along.
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A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.
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