Elizabeth Holtzman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping and interference, and they put restraints on government overreaching in the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. . . . These protections require, at a minimum, a neutral arbiter - a magistrate - standing between the government's endless desire for information and the citizens' desires for privacy.
-- Elizabeth Holtzman

#Space #Rights #Government
People say nice things to me -- like that I ought to run for president -- which tells me that they like me. But I have my own deadline for how long I should be in Washington. I think you can get accustomed to red tape and many unfair things that go on in government. Once you stop getting angry about inefficiencies, waste, and injustice, you ought to get out. That's my time limit.
-- Elizabeth Holtzman

#Running #Nice #Thinking

The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?
When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
I don't know if the unborn has rights, but I do know that being born again doesn't give you more rights.
I don't know whether you have any rights before you're born. All I know is that being born again doesn't entitle you to twice as many.
The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one anotherâ€™s customs and opinions; respect for one anotherâ€™s rights and feelings; awareness of one anotherâ€™s needs.
You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
It's embarrassing ... you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

Elizabeth Holtzman famous quotes

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