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It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court -… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
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There were some super-lean years, yeah. I'm six feet four. And I entered into this period all of a sudden when I… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
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I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The outraged citizens of Indonesia - lawyers, doctors, engineers, scientists - should be speaking up; they should be shouting. And of course,… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
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No civilization would ever have been possible without a framework of stability, to provide the wherein for the flux of change. Foremost… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
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Don't forget that we lawyers, we're a higher breed of intellect, and so it's our privilege to lie. It's as clear as… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity;… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is… — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet Copy Share Image
Priscilla and I, and nine others, had been charged with 'disturbing the peace,' among other charges, because we tried to order food… — Patricia Stephens Due Copy Share Image
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The young bloods of the South; sons of planters, lawyers about towns, good billiard players and sportsmen, men who never did any… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
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I realise I'm known for doing big, very serious cases, but fundamentally, any lawyer will tell you that even the most complex… — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
Over the past few years, the Supreme Court was six times more likely to accept cases from an elite group of 66… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
During my years as a practicing lawyer, it just was part of your study of what Congress was trying to say in… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
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One woman told me that every time she wears Lanvin, men fall in love with her. Another told me she wore Lanvin… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
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I described to my patent lawyer our new algorithm-that I was hoping to patent- about detecting clustering, that involved three probabilities α… — Jennifer Tour Chayes Copy Share Image
A good lawyer is part con man, part priest -- promising riches, threatening hell. My ethical rules are simple. I won't lie… — Paul Levine Copy Share Image
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