"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."

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Source : Opening Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered 9 January 2006

Samuel Alito

#Hands Quotes #Law Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Girls can be so petty and jealous. I swear they're worse than guys sometimes. Except they're all quiet about it. They sugarcoat it or else they talk behind each other's backs. It's seriously twisted.”

Source : Melody Carlson (2012). “The Jerk Magnet”, p.134, Revell
“I believe that there is an important kernel of truth in the idea that financial errors recur every other generation.”
“A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.”
“I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized, as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.”
“I do esteem individual liberty above everything.”
“When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.”
“Because the true perfection of a practical occupation consists not only in knowing the actual performance of the occupation but also in its explanation, why the work is done a in a particular way, and because the art of calculating is a practical occupation, it is clear that it is pertinent to concern oneself with the theory.”
“Every so often a book comes along that has the power to alter the course of history. Project Animal Farm is that potent.”

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