"The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate……" — Anthony Kennedy
"The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the state, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity."
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25 Quotes by Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy has 25 quotes on this site.
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There's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000…
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The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was…
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The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be…
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First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for…
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At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe,…
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Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of…
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As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.
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Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask…
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We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail…
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Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.
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No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.
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The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its…
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More Dignity Quotes
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle
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You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers…
— Joe Arpaio
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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without…
— Francis Bacon
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general,…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies…
— Antonio Banderas
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There is a certain dignity to being French.
— Brigitte Bardot
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The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of…
— P T Barnum
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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
— Charles Baudelaire
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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