"The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is right."

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Source : "Author stresses Justice Brennan's continued relevance" by Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. September 29, 2010.

William J. Brennan

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“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
“I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends, happy to be with my wife and family, but the high spot of every day is when I first catch a glimpse of myself in the shaving mirror.”

Source : Robert Morley (1980). “Morley Matters”, London : Robson Books
“...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it.”
“If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results.”
“It's always illegitimate for white men to organize as white men.”
“When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all.”
“My mum told me that I have a gift, but it doesn't make me better than others”
“That's the conditions that prevail!”

Source : "Current Biography: Who's News and Why". Book by Anna Rothe (p. 168), 1946.

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