All Stephen Breyer Quotes
- But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent. Independent
- We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. California
- I mean, there are lots of people who get married who can't have children. To take a state that does allow adoption and say-there, what… Adoption
- There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed. Constitution
- Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants. Citizen
- And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench… Begin
- Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want. Decide
- Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts. According
- Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment. Judge
- Judges are appointed often through the political process Appointed
- We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand… Bar
- You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will… Bottom
- You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by… Affect
- People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost Awful
- It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty American
- It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent. Crime
- This understanding, underlying constitutional interpretation since the New Deal, reflects the Constitution's demands for structural flexibility sufficient to adapt substantive laws and institutions to rapidly… Adapt
- The advantages? Exercise, no parking problems, gas prices, it's fun. An automobile is expensive. You have to find a place to park and it's not… Advantage
- To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty. Administration
- And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. Committee
- I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is… Beyond
- Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community,… Community
- Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public. Campaign
- At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over. Input
- I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests… Balance