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Ted Olson

(1912–1980) Baseball Player

19 quotes in 215 categories

Ted Olson was a baseball player, best known for James Still.

Quick Facts About Ted Olson

Born: August 27, 1912
Died: December 9, 1980
Profession: Baseball Player
Notable works: James Still

About Ted Olson

Theodore Bevry Olson was an American lawyer who served as the 42nd solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004 in the administration of President George W. Bush. He previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1981 to 1984 under President Ronald Reagan, and he was also a longtime partner at the law firm Gibson Dunn.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ted Olson

She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm…

Air

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No one aspires as a child to grow up and enter into a domestic partnership. But they do aspire as children to…

Aspire

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The Supreme Court has said that: Marriage is the most important relation in life. Now that's being withheld from the plaintiffs. It…

Available

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It happens every once in awhile at the federal level when the solicitor general, on behalf of the U.S., will confess error…

Administration

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The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are…

About

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The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when…

Believe

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I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane…

Command

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These individuals are tyrants, and so they hate democracy. They are bigots, zealots, and persecutors, and so they hate Americas freedom tolerance,…

America freedom

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The reality is that our independent judiciary is the most respected branch of our government and the envy of the world.

Branches

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It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information,

Easy

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The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust,…

Ideas

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I wanted it not to be true. I wanted it not to be her plane. I wanted it - I wanted, if…

Airplane

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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any…

Airplane

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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of…

Barbara

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Would you like Fox's right to free press put up to a vote and say: "Well, if five states have approved it,…

Approved

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Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm…

Barbara

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I guess the language that Justice Ginsburg used at the closing of the VMI (United States v. Virginia Military Institute) case is…

Cases

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The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans…

Constitution

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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet…

Allowing

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