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Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them. Roger B. Taney

It will be admitted on all hands, that with the exception of the powers surrendered by the Constitution of the United States, the people of the several States are absolutely and unconditionally sovereign within their respective territories. Roger B. Taney

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It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State. Roger B. Taney

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My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it. Rose Bird

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It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be. Rose Bird

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It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government. Roy Moore

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To do my duty, I must obey God. Roy Moore

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Power's not what the Constitution was about. Roy Moore

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It would bother me if a judge told me how I had to believe. Roy Moore

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The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law. Roy Moore

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The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that government had no business interfering with the way we worship God. Roy Moore

Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion. Roy Moore

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Rights come from God, not from government. Roy Moore

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The experience I don't want to see repeated occurred in 'Bush v. Gore.' The Court divided five to four. There were four separate dissents, and that confused the press. In fact, some of the reporters announced that the decision was seven-two. There was no time to get together. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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How fortunate I was to be alive and a lawyer when, for the first time in United States history, it became possible to urge, successfully, before legislatures and courts, the equal-citizenship stature of women and men as a fundamental constitutional principle. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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My resume showed membership on both the Harvard and Columbia Law Reviews, a credit impressive abroad where it was not generally known that Law Reviews were student-operated publications. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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The worst times were the years I was alone. The image to the public entering the courtroom was eight men, of a certain size, and then this little woman sitting to the side. That was not a good image for the public to see. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I was tremendously fortunate to be alive and a lawyer, working at a university so I had more flexible hours, when the women's movement was coming alive and when it became possible to argue successfully for a view of the equal protection clause that included women. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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