Samuel Alito famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.
-- Samuel Alito

#Thinking #Reason #Congress
The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.
-- Samuel Alito

#Thinking #Jewels #Firsts
I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
-- Samuel Alito

#Thinking #Decision #Perception
When I became a judge, I stopped being a practicing attorney. And that was a big change in role.The role of a practicing attorney is to achieve a desirable result for the client in the particular case at hand. But a judge can't think that way. A judge can't have any agenda, a judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case and a judge certainly doesn't have a client.
-- Samuel Alito

#Thinking #Hands #Judging
Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything has been considered.
-- Samuel Alito

#Judging #Mind #Habit
I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.
-- Samuel Alito

#Government #Abortion #Doe
I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.
-- Samuel Alito

#Hard Work #Self #Discipline
If you want know what sort of a justice I would make, then look at what sort of a judge I have been.
-- Samuel Alito

#Justice #Judging #Looks
One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president and it's set out expressly in the Constitution is that the president is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and that means the Constitution. It means statutes. It means treaties. It means all of the laws of the United States.
-- Samuel Alito

#Mean #Responsibility #Law
Good judges are always open to the possibility of changing their minds based on the next brief that they read, or the next argument that's made by an attorney who's appearing before them, or a comment that is made by a colleague during the conference on the case when the judges privately discuss the case.
-- Samuel Alito

#Judging #Mind #Next
When I was sworn in as a judge of the court of appeals, I took an oath. I put my hand on the Bible and I swore that I would administer justice without respect to persons, that I would do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I would carry out my duties under the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
-- Samuel Alito

#Hands #Law #Justice
I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.
-- Samuel Alito

#Home #School #Government
When I entered college, I thought that I wanted to be a lawyer, but by the time I was set to graduate, I was not too sure of that.
-- Samuel Alito

#College #Graduates #Lawyer
I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.
-- Samuel Alito

#Hard Work #Thinking #Optimism
In an era where the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture and is spying on American citizens, I find Judge [Samuel] Alito's support for an all-powerful executive branch to be genuinely troubling.
-- Samuel Alito

#Powerful #White #Judging
In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.
-- Samuel Alito

#Order #Issues #Innocent
When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.
-- Samuel Alito

#Thinking #People #Discrimination
I'm not any kind of a bigot, I'm not...
-- Samuel Alito

#Racist #Kind #Bigots
Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.
-- Samuel Alito

#Country #College #Rights
My parents grew up in poor families where little English was spoken, they both went to college and became teachers. They believed that anything was possible with hard work, and they particularly stressed the importance of education. They instilled that same belief in my sister and me.
-- Samuel Alito

#Teacher #Hard Work #College
I can still remember the day, as an assistant U.S. attorney, when I stood up in court for the first time and I proudly said, "My name is Samuel Alito and I represent the United States in this court." It was a great honor for me to have the United States as my client during all of those years.
-- Samuel Alito

#Years #Names #Honor
I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I an humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
-- Samuel Alito

#Justice #Sandra Day O Connor #Court
I have been shaped by the experiences of the people who are closest to me, by the things I've learned from [my wife] Martha, by my hopes and my concerns for my children, Philip and Laura, by the experiences of members of my family, who are getting older, by my sister's experiences as a trial lawyer in a profession that has traditionally been dominated by men.
-- Samuel Alito

#Children #Men #People

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