The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Bertrand Russell used to employ the method of "evidence against interest"; in other words of deciding that a critique of capital punishment,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The only people I would care to be with now are artists and people who have suffered: those who know what beauty… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Economic transactions between national bodies who are at the same time the supreme judges of their own behavior, who bow to no… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of… — Barbara Feldon Copy Share Image
I think more and more, if you live in the current world - and live internationally - it's all a mix of… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
We want to determine whether he understands the inherent limits that make an unelected Judiciary inferior to Congress or the President in… — Alberto Gonzales Copy Share Image
As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally… — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
They charge us with anti-Semitism…The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our own that… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
My interests lie in nurturing children. That's part of the reason why the bullying thing has become an aspect of my life.… — Tyler Blackburn Copy Share Image
Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I do seem to try to make things harder and harder for myself. In some perverse way, obstacles interest me and I'm… — Taryn Simon Copy Share Image
In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
The only transformation that interests me is a total transformation - however minute — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The values that I have are the values I was raised with, from where I'm from, which is a middle-class place. So… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Venture capital has peaked in terms of its appetite, in terms of how much money it wants to put in. So now… — Kevin Kinsella Copy Share Image
We scarcely know how much of our pleasure and interest in life comes to us through our eyes until we have to… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
One thing I've learnt recently: how to think nothing. Here's the trick: don't have any interest in the world around you, don't… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image