"They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge"
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The subtext is a familiar one in American public life: don’t look at the whole record, look at the job description. By asserting that no one objects to his judicial behavior, Moore implies a clean separation between personal worldview and institutional duty, as if a judge’s “opinions” are detachable accessories rather than the engine of legal reasoning. That’s especially pointed given Moore’s notoriety for testing the boundary between personal conviction and constitutional obligation. In that context, “behavior” isn’t a neutral term; it’s an attempt to define the standards of judgment on his terms, where decorum and procedure matter more than the substantive consequences of rulings or defiance.
There’s also a quiet appeal to the audience’s fatigue: you may not like him, but can’t you at least admit he “behaves”? The sentence banks on a cultural instinct to tolerate polarizing figures as long as they perform professionalism. The catch is that in a courtroom, beliefs aren’t private hobbies. They become outcomes.
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Moore, Roy. (2026, January 15). They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-might-object-to-some-of-my-opinions-but-they-147945/
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"They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-might-object-to-some-of-my-opinions-but-they-147945/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.







