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John Paul Stevens Inspirational Quotes (13)

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Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and weaken the foundation of our democracy.
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When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof the pig is obscene.
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Our love cannot be measured, it just is.
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The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.
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The graphic emphasis placed on those first lines is rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference.
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The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.
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It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.
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One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.
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Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also the individual's freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority.
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The level of discourse reaching a mailbox simply cannot be limited to that which would be suitable for a sandbox.
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Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin.
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Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks are not necessarily aligned
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To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.
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