Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.
Ronald Reagan must love the poor; he is making so many of them.
Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name – which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.
I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.
She’s a wonderful, wonderful person, and we’re looking to a happy and wonderful night – ah, life.
Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in – and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.
What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system.
The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for progress toward nuclear disarmament.
I don’t think you’re going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it’s in sports or in politics.
We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.
It’s better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.
It’s now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
I won’t yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.
Health care is a right, not a privilege.
With Barack Obama, we will turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion. With Barack Obama we will close the book on the old politics of race against race, gender against gender, ethnic group against ethnic group, and straight against gay.
There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein’s regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.
It appears that legal positions that you have supported have been used by the administration, the military, and the CIA to justify torture and Geneva Convention violations by military and civilian personnel.
We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.
The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.
Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our medicare.
I applaud the fact that the president has reached out to the members of Judiciary Committee. And I applaud. the fact that he has been meeting with members of the Judiciary Committee. He’s been seeking out Republicans as well as Democrats.