"A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the Founding Fathers, had written it."

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Source : Sam J. Ervin Jr. (2014). “Humor of a Country Lawyer”, p.38, UNC Press Books

Sam Ervin

#Father Quotes #Mean Quotes #Judging Quotes

“Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt - marvellous error! - That it was God I had here inside my heart.”
“Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down.”
“For planetary explorers like us, there is little that can compare to the sighting of activity on another solar system body. This has been a heart-stopper, and surely one of our most thrilling results.”
“It's very important with an artificial leg that all high heels are exactly the same height.”
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.”
“If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.”
“I've been in the industry long enough now - I've been a working actor since 2002. I'm very aware that at some point, I won't be as successful as I am now, so I'm enjoying it. I know that there will be points where it's not going as well, and I'm prepared for that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I would not knock old fellows in the dust But there lay Captain Carpenter on his back His weapons were the old heart in his bust And a blade shook between rotten teeth alack.”

Source : John Crowe Ransom (1963). “Selected poems”

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