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There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Ignorance
People
Political
Mind
Action
Society
Destroyed
Must
Totally
Indifference
General
Perfect
Thus
Powerful
Most
Most Powerful
Causes
Accompanied
Motives
Politically
Human
Cannot
Which
Interests
Act
Ignorant
Human Mind
Many
Why
The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promptness and vigor in new and untried situations. It is hard to turn men's minds from the old and deeply worn channels in which they have long been flowing.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Strong
Old
Mind
Men
Long
Channels
Worn
Minds
Must
Only
New
Well
Disciplined
Been
Situations
Order
Which
Turn
Body
Act
Hard
Vigor
Deeply
Flowing
No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Government
Character
Strong
Law
Prosperity
Be Strong
Nation
National
Action
Weak
Must
Degraded
Tendency
He
Performs
Prince
Himself
Makes
National Character
Subjects
Decay
Which
While
Injure
Flourish
Flourishing
Religion may become a fashion as well as anything else; and, when it does become so, it has as little to do, in those who thus hold it, with the heart and the character as any other fashion.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Fashion
Character
Religion
Heart
Become
Other
Else
Those
Thus
Well
Does
Any
May
Hold
Anything
Anything Else
Little
Who
No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Nation
Corrected
Partiality
Supreme
Answer
Equity
Courts
Provide
Error
Inferior
May
Which
The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important.
Brett Kavanaugh
Important
Global
Global Warming
Dealing
Task
Urgent
Warming
I am not perfect. I know that. None of us is perfect.
Brett Kavanaugh
Not Perfect
Perfect
Know
None
Am
Us
I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.
Brett Kavanaugh
Judiciary
Believe
Our
Independent
Constitutional
Constitutional Republic
Crown
Republic
Jewel
My judicial philosophy is straightforward.
Brett Kavanaugh
Philosophy
Judicial
Straightforward
I was in high school - and I went to an all-boys Catholic high school, a Jesuit high school, where I was focused on academics and athletics, going to church every Sunday at Little Flower, working on my service projects, and friendship, friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all-girls Catholic schools.
Brett Kavanaugh
Friendship
Service
School
Church
Sunday
Girl
Every
Flower
Every Sunday
Local
Projects
Focused
High
Athletics
High School
Classmates
Academics
Fellow
Schools
Catholic
Catholic Schools
Going
Where
Little
Working
I thank God every day for my family.
Brett Kavanaugh
God
Day
Family
Every Day
Thank God
Every
Thank
The Senate should consider a rule ensuring that every judicial nominee receives a vote by the Senate within 180 days of being nominated by the president.
Brett Kavanaugh
Vote
Every
President
Consider
Rule
Ensuring
Days
Nominated
Nominee
Within
Judicial
Senate
Being
Should
Receives
I am part of the vibrant Catholic community in the D.C. area. The members of that community disagree about many things, but we are united by a commitment to serve.
Brett Kavanaugh
Commitment
Disagree
Community
Members
About
Area
Part
Catholic
Am
Vibrant
Many
United
Serve
Things
In my view, it is unreasonable for EPA to exclude considerations of costs in determining whether it is 'appropriate' to impose significant new regulations on electric utilities.
Brett Kavanaugh
Appropriate
Considerations
Significant
Determining
Costs
Unreasonable
Exclude
New
Impose
Whether
EPA
View
Electric
Regulations
I'm a good person. I've led a good life.
Brett Kavanaugh
Life
Good
Good Person
Good Life
Led
Person
If confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the court. It's been decided by the Supreme Court.
Brett Kavanaugh
Circuit
Would
Would-Be
Follow
Supreme
Supreme Court
Court
Faithfully
Wade
Been
Roe
Precedent
Confirmed
Decided
Fully
Binding
My dad went to law school at night while working full-time. He has an unparalleled work ethic and has passed down to me his passion for playing and watching sports. I love him dearly.
Brett Kavanaugh
Work
Love
Me
Sports
Law
School
Passion
Down
Unparalleled
Law School
He
Him
Passed
Dearly
His
While
Work Ethic
Ethic
Working
Full-Time
Dad
Watching
Playing
Night
I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me.
Brett Kavanaugh
Me
Tried
Daughters
Like
Create
Created
Dad
Bonds
My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and '70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington, D.C. - McKinley Tech and H.D. Woodson. Her example taught me the importance of equality for all Americans.
Brett Kavanaugh
Teacher
Mom
Me
History
Equality
Example
All Americans
High
High Schools
Importance
Schools
She
American
Taught
African
African-American
Public
American Public
Washington
Tech
Largely
Her
Two
There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution.
Brett Kavanaugh
Constitution
Judge
Our
Independent
Kind
Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the president's focus away from his or her responsibilities to the people.
Brett Kavanaugh
People
Suits
Focus
President
Criminal
Responsibilities
Civil
Take
Investigations
Like
His
Away
Her
However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA's policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority.
Brett Kavanaugh
Sympathize
Statutory
Objectives
Only
Boundaries
Policy
Within
However
Authority
May
EPA
Might
Much
Act
Agree
Every day, I will try to be the best husband, dad, and friend I can be.
Brett Kavanaugh
Best
Day
Every Day
Try
Will
Husband
Every
Friend
Dad
I do not decide cases based on personal or policy preferences.
Brett Kavanaugh
Cases
Policy
Personal
Decide
Preferences
Based
The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution.
Brett Kavanaugh
Must
Never
Institution
Partisan
Supreme
Supreme Court
Court
Viewed
Sometimes I had too many beers.
Brett Kavanaugh
Sometimes
Too
Had
Many
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