John Paul Stevens Quotes

21 quotes in 378 categories

• I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years…
• But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more states would really…
• Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the…
• To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be…
• Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks…
• Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also…
• As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is…
• It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities of…
• Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and…
• When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig…
• Our love cannot be measured, it just is.
• The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.
• The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.
• I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as…
• It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.
• One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity…
• They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.
• The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.
• To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?
• Money is property; it is not speech.

Browse John Paul Stevens Quotes by Category