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Stephen Breyer Quotes

American - Judge | August 15, 1938 -

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

Independence You Want Way Mean

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

Moment Feel Judge You She Office

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

Justice Liberty Fair Protection

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.

Law Independence Facts You Decide

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost.

Respect People Lose Lost Educated

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

Fight People Prison Help Innocent

At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

Politics Political You Over Point

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty.

Law American Liberty Important Her

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.

Process Committee Judiciary Hours

Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him.

Good Community Job Understanding Run

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?

Business Money Think Problem You

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

Government Citizen Kind She Out He

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