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> [The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-risk-of-racial-prejudice-infecting-a-capital-sentencing/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

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## More by Byron White

> [We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time itmakes a decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/we-re-the-only-branch-of-government-that-explains-itself-in-writing/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-court-is-most-vulnerable-and-comes-nearest-to-illegitimacy-when/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-law-is-constantly-based-on-notions-of-morality-and-if-all-laws/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-court-is-most-vulnerable-and-comes-nearest-to-illegitimacy-when-2/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/while-the-collateral-consequences-of-drugs-such-as-cocaine-are/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [The issue presented is whether the Federal Constitution confers a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy, and hence invalidates the laws of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-issue-presented-is-whether-the-federal-constitution-confers-a/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [When the whistle blows you have only a limited amount of time to do what you have to do. You either do it then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/when-the-whistle-blows-you-have-only-a-limited-amount-of-time-to-do/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/sports-constantly-make-demands-on-the-participant-for-top-performance/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy and it is evident that the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/maintaining-order-in-the-classrooms-has-never-been-easy-and-it-is/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [Respondent would have us announce a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy. This we are quite unwilling to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/respondent-would-have-us-announce-a-fundamental-right-to-engage-in/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-1st-amendment-protects-the-right-to-speak-not-the-right-to-spend/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/it-is-not-better-that-all-felony-suspects-die-than-that-they-escape/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/we-re-the-only-branch-of-government-that-explains-itself-in-writing-2/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view, its judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/as-an-exercise-of-raw-judicial-power-the-court-perhaps-has-authority/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

> [The role of the judge is simply to decide cases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-white/the-role-of-the-judge-is-simply-to-decide-cases/)

[Byron White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-white/)

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