--- title: "4 Randy Barnett Quotes - Famous Lawyer" description: "American legal scholar... | Randy Evan Barnett is an American legal scholar. He serves as the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgeto..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/randy-barnett-72374_action_i-typically-don-t-use-the-distinction-po_547682.jpg" --- # Randy Barnett (1952) Lawyer **4** quotes in **61** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Randy Barnett is a lawyer. ## Quick Facts About Randy Barnett Born February 5, 1952 Profession Lawyer ## About Randy Barnett American legal scholar... \| Randy Evan Barnett is an American legal scholar. He serves as the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and is the director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. ## Quotes by Randy Barnett > [I typically don't use the distinction 'positive' and 'negative' liberty, because negative sounds bad and positive sounds good, and I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-barnett/i-typically-don-t-use-the-distinction-positive-and-negative-liberty/) Randy Barnett [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/randy-barnett-72374_action_i-typically-don-t-use-the-distinction-po_547682.jpg) > [Every hour spent investigating a drug user or seller is an hour that could have been used to find a missing child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-barnett/every-hour-spent-investigating-a-drug-user-or-seller-is-an-hour-that/) Randy Barnett [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/randy-barnett-72374_children_every-hour-spent-investigating-a-drug-us_913272.jpg) > [Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers's only qualification to be a Supreme Court justice is her close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-barnett/given-her-lack-of-experience-does-anyone-doubt-that-ms-miers-s-only/) Randy Barnett [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/randy-barnett-72374_adviser_given-her-lack-of-experience-does-anyone_1605544.jpg) > [Every dollar spent to punish a drug user or seller is a dollar that cannot be spent collecting restitution from a robber.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-barnett/every-dollar-spent-to-punish-a-drug-user-or-seller-is-a-dollar-that/) Randy Barnett [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/randy-barnett-72374_cases_every-dollar-spent-to-punish-a-drug-user_2645382.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-barnett/#itemlist", "name": "Randy Barnett Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I typically don't use the distinction 'positive' and 'negative' liberty, because negative sounds bad and positive sounds good, and I don't think that the terminology ought to prejudice us one way or the other. 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