Quote by Antonin Scalia Download Open image “Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?” — Antonin Scalia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished… — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
The situation of having to belong to a state to which one does not wish is no less onerous if it is the result… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The people are that part of the state that does not know what it wants. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
There's a lack of ambition in politics in terms of what we expect from the government, what it means to have a state. — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want… — Michael Ignatieff 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 Image
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 Image
More importantly, the Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by the terms of our laws, not by the unenacted will of our lawmakers. 'If Congress enacted into law something different from what it intended, then it should amend the statute to conform to its intent.' In the meantime,… — 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 Image
If you condemn someone who has committed a crime to be tortured, that would be unconstitutional. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 military exigency, inter arma silent leges. Whatever the general merits of the view that war silences law or modulates its voice, that view has no place in the interpretation and application of a Constitution designed precisely… — 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 change with society, like a living organism, or it will become brittle and break. But you would have to be an idiot to believe that. The Constitution is not a living organism; it is a legal… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share
