Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nina Totenberg

He may be for conservatives what (Justice William) Brennan was for liberals.

Rebecca West

I see the main problem of my life, and indeed anybody's life, as the balancing of competitive freedoms ... a sense of mutual obligations that have to be honored, and a legal system which can be trusted to step in when that sense fails.

Reinhold Niebuhr

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

William J. Brennan

We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.

Woodrow Wilson

Justice has nothing to do with expediency. Justice has nothing to do with any temporary standard whatever. It is rooted and grounded in the fundamental instincts of humanity.

William J. Clinton

Justice may be blind, but we all know that diversity in the courts, as in all aspects of society, sharpens our vision and makes us a stronger nation.

William J. Clinton

I love the HRC. The initials are great.

Richard Pryor

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

Richard Lamm

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

Kenneth Pollack

Having a good constitution is far more important than having an immediate constitution.

Su Chi

He knows that the constitution will not pass the Legislative Yuan.

George William Norris

The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating emigration and all other similar matters.

Corrine Brown

Historically, amendments to the Constitution have been utilized as a tool to protect or defend the rights and liberties of American citizens.

Taku Yamasaki

Today, a major step was taken toward the revision of the constitution.

John H. Reagan

I clung steadfastly to the hope that the democratic party would maintain its nationality and preserve the Constitution and the Union.

Louis Butler

Intimidation by extreme rhetoric and the threat of physical violence threatens judges as well as the Constitution itself,

Jack Jennings

In the abstract, it's a good idea that students know more about the Constitution. Civics has been squeezed out of the curriculum.

Rush Limbaugh

In order for the Constitution to work, you have to have law-abiding people. You have to have people willing to obey the Constitution, willing to follow the law. Obama doesn't care. He is the law.

Dan Rooney

I would say we're partners with the players now. There's owners that would resist it now, but ... I really think that's the way it should be.

Michael Hoffman

The owners have not been particularly forthcoming ,

James Cook

A business owner who is liberal probably inherited the business.

Michael Schroeder

Once this happens, there are going to be other owners that will be converting to condos. I think it's a sign of the times.

Kevin Burke

I want the pressure to stay on the owners of the property to make something happen,

Brian Berger

They have ownership of this field, it's their baby. It's going to give them a sense of pride.

Michael Spears

It's a lot like a church, ... Everyone really takes ownership for the children's education.

Kristen Stewart

When you love something, you get to know it. Then you feel the ownership and if it changes, you only love it as far as you know it because then you're like, "What is this?"

Pete Rozelle

The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington.