--- title: "Best Anthony Kennedy Quotes" description: "Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-kennedy-14111.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-kennedy-14111.jpg) # Anthony Kennedy (1810–1892) Politician **47** quotes in **325** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Anthony Kennedy was a politician, best known for *QCD and numerical analysis III*. ## Quick Facts About Anthony Kennedy Born December 21, 1810 Died July 31, 1892 Profession Politician Notable works QCD and numerical analysis III ## About Anthony Kennedy Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and sworn in on February 18, 1988. After the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006, he was considered the swing vote on many of the Roberts Court's 5–4 decisions. ## Quotes by Anthony Kennedy · Page 2 > [When a juvenile offender commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/when-a-juvenile-offender-commits-a-heinous-crime-the-state-can-exact/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Commit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/anthony-kennedy-14316_commit_when-a-juvenile-offender-commits-a-heino_2259467.jpg) > [Our system presumes that there are certain principles that are more important than the temper of the times. And you must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/our-system-presumes-that-there-are-certain-principles-that-are-more/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Meaning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meaning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/anthony-kennedy-14316_meaning_our-system-presumes-that-there-are-certa_1194834.png) > [First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/first-amendment-freedoms-are-most-in-danger-when-the-government-seeks/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Amendment 1](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment-1/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/anthony-kennedy-14316_amendment-1_first-amendment-freedoms-are-most-in-dan_238394.jpg) > [The court decided, based on its reading of our precedents, that the effects test of Lemon is violated whenever government action creates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/the-court-decided-based-on-its-reading-of-our-precedents-that-the/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/anthony-kennedy-14316_action_the-court-decided-based-on-its-reading-o_718929.png) > [The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/the-fetus-in-many-cases-dies-just-as-a-human-adult-or-child-would-it/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/anthony-kennedy-14316_adults_the-fetus-in-many-cases-dies-just-as-a-h_380399.jpg) > [I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/i-do-not-think-that-we-should-select-judges-based-on-a-particular/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Commitment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commitment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/anthony-kennedy-14316_commitment_i-do-not-think-that-we-should-select-jud_2785639.png) > [The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/the-federal-sentencing-guidelines-should-be-revised-downward-by/) [Anthony Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/anthony-kennedy-14316_accepting_the-federal-sentencing-guidelines-should_2258371.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kennedy/#itemlist", "name": "Anthony Kennedy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a juvenile offender commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the State cannot extinguish his life and his potential to attain a mature understanding of his own humanity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Kennedy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kennedy/when-a-juvenile-offender-commits-a-heinous-crime-the-state-can-exact/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/anthony-kennedy-14316_commit_when-a-juvenile-offender-commits-a-heino_2259467.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/anthony-kennedy-14316_commit_when-a-juvenile-offender-commits-a-heino_2259467.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/anthony-kennedy-14316_commit_when-a-juvenile-offender-commits-a-heino_2259467.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When a juvenile offender commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic…” — Anthony Kennedy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our system presumes that there are certain principles that are more important than the temper of the times. 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