"When the commission finds that a pig has……" — John Paul Stevens
"When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene."
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John Paul Stevens
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20 Quotes by John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens has 20 quotes on this site.
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I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the…
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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…
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Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to…
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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…
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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…
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Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept…
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As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of…
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It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure…
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Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement…
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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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The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the…
— Hannah Arendt
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In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation.…
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If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product…
— Michael D. Barnes
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United…
— Joe Barton
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of…
— Samuel Butler
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In a global race, can we really justify the huge number of expensive peripheral European institutions? Can we justify a…
— David Cameron
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An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
— Fred Allen
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Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or,…
— Shirley Chisholm
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In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our…
— Hillary Clinton
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President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a…
— William J. Clinton
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In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal…
— William J. Clinton
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I recently spoke with Barbara Jordan of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, and I increasingly believe we need a…
— William J. Clinton
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