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No doubt, there are those who believe that judges-and particularly dissenting judges-write to hear themselves say, as it were, I I I. And no doubt,…

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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…
Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.
Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.
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…
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an…
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…
It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our…

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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I'm 50. I'll try anything. Except… — Gwyneth Paltrow
That's what sometimes separates people who always run and always train and people who maybe move on in life and do something… — Dathan Ritzenhein
No doubt, there are those who believe that judges-and particularly dissenting judges-write to hear themselves say, as it were, I I I.… — William J. Brennan
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. — Indira Gandhi
I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door,… — Joan Crawford
I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. — Mark Twain
To become a big movie star like Joan Crawford, you need to wear blinders and pay single-minded attention to your career. Nobody… — Evelyn Keyes
I put some red stuff on my mouth and cheeks so I look healthy - any old red lip pencil and a… — Jane Birkin
I was not beautiful. When I went to Hollywood the beauties were people like Joan Crawford, Hedy Lamarr, Loretta Young. They were… — Ingrid Bergman
I got a dub and a dutch, let's roll and spark, Til we start to see shit like Joan of Arc. — Chris Webby
I would hope that people didn't think I was anything like Joan! It's very hard for me because Joan says such cruel… — Christina Hendricks

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