The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know," Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn. "Yeah, I've seen those things they think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind, groping, timorous and in imminent danger of… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
For the past two centuries, those who do not prize freedom have chipped away at every major clause of our Constitution until… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I think that marriage vows should include an escape clause that says the contract is broken if one party ups and makes… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it… — Maurice Blanchot Copy Share Image
If I were inclined to worry that the United States was veering in a dangerously theocratic direction, here's a short list of… — Sarah Posner Copy Share Image
A profession that we are a nation "under God" is identical, for establishment clause purposes, to a profession that we are a… — Alfred Goodwin Copy Share Image
A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension,… — Frank Mankiewicz Copy Share Image
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have… — Michael Sweet Copy Share Image
I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
An essential point in the social philosophy of interventionism is the existence of an inexhaustible fund which can be squeezed forever. The… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
The free exercise clause of the constitution does not apply to any religion but Christianity. [because none of the other religions are… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
If the baby is sick, you won't find me showing up to play my gigs. If I have a contract, there is… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
In 1938, I. G. Farben sent a letter to (a major drug firm), one of its American subsidiaries, (that)..all advertising contracts must… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
There's another way to edit the sentence, which is to add a comma before the second 'which.' The survivor is struggling toward… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause - that it… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
We shall not bind ourselves by treaties. We shall not allow ourselves to be entangled by treaties. We reject all clauses on… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed… — Oliver Wolcott Copy Share Image
"Respecting" means concerning or with reference to. But it also means with respect~ that is "reverence," "good-will," "regard" to. Taking into account… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image