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- Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better…
- I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
- All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.
- All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it…
- All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where…
- An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these…
- I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what…
- Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or…
- We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both…
- When I'm concentrating, I can be fixed in place for hours. In fact, there was a joke in my office that everybody would come and…
- One thing has not changed: to doubt the worth of minority students' achievement when they succeed is really only to present another face of the…
- It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle