Beyond Quote by Stephen Breyer

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose…

— Stephen Breyer

Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire…

— Stephen Breyer

“The Court has a special responsibility to ensure that the Constitution works in practice. While education, including the transmission of our civic values from…

— Stephen Breyer

I think whether you are a judge on my court or whether you are a judge on a court of appeals or any court,…

— Stephen Breyer

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.

— Stephen Breyer

Judges are appointed often through the political process

— Stephen Breyer

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

— Stephen Breyer

At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

— Stephen Breyer

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty

— Stephen Breyer

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

— Stephen Breyer

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

— Stephen Breyer

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

— Stephen Breyer