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The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in…

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Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit…
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to…
If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the…
Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but…
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's…
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the…
At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of…

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It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date… — Charles Ferguson
The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and… — William J. Brennan
Retrospective analysis is not a useful guide to current problems. — David Ignatius
Recast your current problems into proactive goals. — Suze Orman
Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things… — Kristen Britain

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