Agendas Quote by Robert Bork

“When a judge goes beyond [his proper function] and reads entirely new values into the Constitution, values the framers and ratifiers did not put there, he deprives the people of their liberty. That liberty, which the Constitution clearly envisions, is the liberty of the people to set their own social agenda through the process of democracy.”

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It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

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Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.

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