"Who is to say that 5 men 10……" — Harry A. Blackmun
"Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong."
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Harry A. Blackmun
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21 Quotes by Harry A. Blackmun
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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in…
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From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually…
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I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness…
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I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either…
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Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an…
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By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a…
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From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I…
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of…
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The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to…
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If [a United States Supreme Court Justice is] in the doghouse with the Chief [Justice], he gets the crud. He…
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We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine,…
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From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death,
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