Famous quotes by Judges

"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful"

"Free men have arms; slaves do not"

"It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer"

"Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money"

"It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure"

"Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products"

"If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function"

"Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture"

"In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children"

"The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice"

"America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the world to think those are our standards. We want to be a better nation and a better people, with better standards"

"The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation"

"Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers"

"So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community"

"No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God"

"Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it"

"The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband"

"That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution"

"The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind"

"The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island"

"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights"

"The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism"

"You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important"

"The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression"

"Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees"

"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do"

"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more"

"I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures"

"All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield"

"The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism"