914 quotes by judges for you to enjoy

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. James Mackintosh

Never Contented Right

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. Louis D. Brandeis

Best Light Sunlight Remedy Most Industrial Policeman Said Efficient Diseases Social Justly Electric Electric Light Publicity

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution. Louis D. Brandeis

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities. Louis D. Brandeis

Words Logic Yield Realities Should

I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Fairness is what justice really is. Potter Stewart

Justice Legal Fairness Really

I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Think Unconscious Bias Get Hardest Things

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women Men Liberation

I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they're men or women. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn't the right one. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The label 'liberal' or 'conservative,' any - every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from 'Iolanthe.' It goes, 'Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.' What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I do a variety of weight-lifting, elliptical glider, stretching exercises, push-ups. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Stretching Variety Push-Ups Exercises

I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion. Sandra Day O'Connor

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Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom. Sandra Day O'Connor

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My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control. Sonia Sotomayor

I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. Sonia Sotomayor

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What is the quality of your intent? Thurgood Marshall

Quality Intent Your

Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish. Thurgood Marshall

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I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I've gotten better. I no longer say that. The truth is that the Constitution is not one that morphs. It's an enduring Constitution, not a changing Constitution. That is what I've meant when I've said that the Constitution is dead. Antonin Scalia

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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. Earl Warren

Justice Law Alive Spirit Form Keeps

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