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Letter "J" » John Roberts Quotes
«Mr. Chairman, I come before the committee with no agenda. I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes. I have no agenda, but I do have a commitment. If I am confirmed, I will confront every case with an open mind.»
Author: John Roberts
«I do think that it is a jolt to the legal system when you overrule a precedent. Precedent plays an important role in promoting stability and evenhandedness,»
Author: John Roberts
«The court has . . . recognized that personal privacy is a component of the liberty protected by the due process clause, ... The court has explained that the liberty protected is not limited to freedom from physical restraint, and that it's protected not simply procedurally, but as a substantive matter as well.»
Author: John Roberts
«There was no issue about condoning the behavior,»
Author: John Roberts
«Opposition to quotas is not opposition to civil rights,»
Author: John Roberts
«There are many areas where it appears I knew a lot more when I was 25 than I know now, when I'm 50, ... I certainly wouldn't write everything today as I wrote it back then, but I don't think any of us would do things or write things today as we did when we were 25 and had all the answers.»
Author: John Roberts
«I don't think using opinion-writing assignments as a way to try to promote a particular view or agenda is a good idea,»
Author: John Roberts
«If the Constitution says that the little guy should win, the little guy is going to win in court before me, ... But if the Constitution says that the big guy should win, well, then the big guy is going to win because my obligation is to the Constitution.»
Author: John Roberts
«delivered what may have been the shortest opening statement by a modern Supreme Court nominee - less than seven minutes, including the thank-yous and two baseball metaphors.»
Author: John Roberts
«Judges are umpires. I will remember it is my job to call balls and strikes, and not pitch or bat.»
Author: John Roberts
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