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John Paul Stevens has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that…
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But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more…
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Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct…
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To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or…
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Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in…
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Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual…
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As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content…
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It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate…
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Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or…
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When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof…
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Our love cannot be measured, it just is.
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The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good…
— Edmund Burke
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We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Homework, root canals, and deadlines are the important things in life, and only when we have these major dramas taken care of…
— Cynthia Heimel
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The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow…
— Bill W.
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As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content…
— John Paul Stevens
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In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When…
— Plato
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A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.
— Joan D. Chittister
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We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because…
— Leigh Hunt
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Faith—is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not— Too slender for the eye It bears…
— Emily Dickinson
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We all reject out of hand the idea that the love of our life may be something light or weightless; we presume…
— Milan Kundera
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We fly, but we have not 'conquered' the air. Nature presides in all her dignity, permitting us the study and the use…
— Beryl Markham
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We worship…the powers that speak to our souls, if it seems they do. We do so knowing there is more to the…
— Guy Gavriel Kay
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