We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have wanted to be in any other era. Chrissie Evert, Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade, Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court were… — Sue Barker Copy Share Image
Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Supreme Court nominations are an occasion to pause and reflect on the values that make our nation strong, just and fair. And… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
You might argue that we have become a little too forgiving because, if a perpetrator shows up at a court-martial with a… — Martin Dempsey Copy Share Image
The countries outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty also are bound by that obligation [ Article Six of the treaty] according to, at least… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
This summer, I'll be bringing out a mystery that involves a young lawyer and a court scene the likes of which I… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
Do something active that's fun. On tour with Kanye and Common, we would have basketball games on a court in every city… — Harley Pasternak Copy Share Image
Manners are manners. Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase have no respect. I don't want my kid seeing Nastase play. The demeanor you… — Rod Laver Copy Share Image
As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One of the tragic consequences of divorce is that the kids are legally obligated by the courts to spend a fixed amount… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
At my public school I had hated every other face for fear the owner was a lord, at university, I was to… — Henry Green Copy Share Image
In our constitutional system, the extent of political controversies, including the protests, surrounding a given issue is utterly unrelated to the analysis… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
I first met Mr Tarkunde in 1976 during the Emergency, when Civil Liberties had been extinguished and the Habeas Corpus case was… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Ivan Lendl was the best player I ever played. He was the first guy to bring the game to more of a… — Mats Wilander Copy Share Image
The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
But the fascinating and unbelievable-but-true thing about Dr. Jefferson Jeffersonis that he was not a doctor of any kind. He was just… — John Green Copy Share Image
Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers's only qualification to be a Supreme Court justice is her close… — Randy Barnett Copy Share Image
[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
If the Constitution says that the little guy should win, the little guy is going to win in court before me, ...… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
Something I worked very hard on, especially last year, was being more outgoing on the court: recognising good points I'd played and… — Kevin Anderson Copy Share Image
The surveillance revelations are critically important because they revealed that our rights are being redefined in secret, by secret courts that were… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
I played a lawyer once, and I had about three or four weeks before we shot, so I was able to go… — Ben Bass Copy Share Image
No court presumes to tell a jury that they are to try a capital case with the same indifference and unconcern as… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had… — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could… — Diana DeGette Copy Share Image
During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
When I started playing professionally, it made me realize that I had a voice in the league, one that gave me the… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
You're going against LeBron, Giannis, Kawhi, Paul George. You have to face guys who are ball-dominant, guys who come off screens, someone… — Josh Hart Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In my life, I've seen everything, and one thing I know for sure is you can't win in the federal court. You're… — John Daly Copy Share Image