This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I think the main fight is to dissuade Americans from what the secularists are trying to persuade them to be true: that… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
On this day, when we're celebrating our constitutional heritage, I urge you to be faithful to that heritage - to impose on… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
For in order for capitalism to work -- in order for it to produce a good and a stable society -- the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Persuade your fellow citizens it's a good idea and pass a law. That's what democracy is all about. It's not about nine… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Under all the usual rules of interpretation, in short, the Government should lose this case. But normal rules of interpretation seem always… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My god! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
We do Him [God] honor in our pledge of allegiance, in all our public ceremonies. There's nothing wrong with that. It is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table… Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools...and He has not been disappointed…If I… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
To allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If, even as the price to be paid for a fifth vote, I ever joined an opinion for the Court that began:… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean? — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea?… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
More importantly, the Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by the terms… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to protect the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
If you condemn someone who has committed a crime to be tortured, that would be unconstitutional. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. It could be semaphore. And burning a… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
The court's job is to uphold the Constitution and you don't call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have allowed this… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ.… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the extremes of… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
Who ever thought that intimacy and spirituality [whatever that means] were freedoms? And if intimacy is, one would think Freedom of Intimacy is abridged… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
I'm nervous about our civic culture. I'm not sure the Internet is largely the cause of it. It's certainly the cause of careless writing.… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
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