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> [Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people. We're bound to be "anti-majoritarian."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/courts-are-an-aristocratic-institution-in-a-democracy-that-s-the/)

[Rose Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-bird/)

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## More by Rose Bird

> [The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/the-judiciary-must-not-take-on-the-coloration-of-whatever-may-be/)

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> [My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/my-role-isn-t-to-be-politically-smart-my-role-is-to-do-what-s-right/)

[Rose Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-bird/)

> [Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/courts-are-an-aristocratic-institution-in-a-democracy-that-s-the/)

[Rose Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-bird/)

> [We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/we-are-incarcerating-more-people-on-a-per-capita-basis-in-california/)

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> [Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/art-strives-for-form-and-hopes-for-beauty/)

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> [...testifying for Dr. Privitera...To these 19 cancer victims, the enforcement of (California) Health and Safety Code Sect. 1701.1, the denial of them medical treatment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/testifying-for-dr-privitera-to-these-19-cancer-victims-the/)

[Rose Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-bird/)

> [The courts are an easy scapegoat because at a time when everything has to boiled down to easy slogans, we speak in subtleties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/the-courts-are-an-easy-scapegoat-because-at-a-time-when-everything/)

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> [It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/it-is-easy-to-be-popular-it-is-not-easy-to-be-just/)

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> [Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/its-always-the-minorities-who-arent-a-part-of-the-mainstream-who/)

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> [If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/if-our-courts-lose-their-authority-and-their-rulings-are-no-longer/)

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> [The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/the-role-of-the-press-and-the-protections-which-we-afford-it-are/)

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> [We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it… That does not fit my definition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/we-have-probed-the-earth-excavated-it-burned-it-ripped-things-from-it/)

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