"[I]n constitutional adjudication some steps, which when taken were thought to approach 'the verge,' have become the platform for yet further steps. A certain momentum develops in constitutional theory and it can be a 'downhill thrust' easily set in motion but difficult to ***** or stop."

-- Warren E. Burger

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“I ask for your forgiveness. I feel so miserable that it's difficult even to say sorry.”

Source : "Disgraced stem cell scientist blames researchers". www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2006.
“The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”
“If you do not choose to become a steady source of blissfulness for yourself and everything around you, you will remain an immature life.”
“Well, everybody needs help feeling alive again every once in a while.â€ â€œNo,â€ she says seriously, and my gaze falls back on hers, â€œI didnâ€™t say again, Andrew; for making me feel alive for the first time.”
“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly. "Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.”
“I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.”
“Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.”
“I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever.”

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