"It has not been unknown that judges persist in error to avoid giving the appearance of weakness and vacillation."

-- Felix Frankfurter

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“When is enough enough? In envy's eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want.”
“Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.”
“The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.”
“I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.”
“You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high.”

Source : "Fictional character: John Converse". "Who'll Stop the Rain", www.imdb.com. 1978.
“I don't know so much about my boys, but my girls, they all work with me. They know how to work. My daughters know it's not done till it's done, even if it's three or four in the morning. I don't want them to grow up with entitlement.”

Source : "Marie Osmond will never get over son's suicide, cried when daughter said she was gay". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2013.
“You will remember me for what I truly am: A God!”
“Can capitalism survive? No. I do not think it can.”

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