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“The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.”

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Stephen Breyer is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born on August 15, 1938. He has a strong academic background in law and has accumulated extensive experience in judicial practice. more

“The door of the Free Exercise Clause stands tightly closed against any government regulation of religious beliefs as such. Government may neither compel affirmation of a repugnant belief, nor penalize or discriminate against individuals or groups because they hold views abhorrent to the authorities.”

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Author:William J. Brennan

“More fundamentally, however, the answer to petitioners' objection is that there can be no impairment of executive power, whether on the state or federal level, where actions pursuant to that power are impermissible under the Constitution. Where there is no power, there can be no impairment of power.”

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Author:William J. Brennan

“The Constitution was framed fundamentally as a bulwark against governmental power, and preventing the arbitrary administration of punishment is a basic ideal of any society that purports to be governed by the rule of law.”

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Author:William J. Brennan

“If our free society is to endure, and I know it will, those who govern must recognize that the Framers of the Constitution limited their power in order to preserve human dignity and the air of freedom which is our proudest heritage.”

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Author:William J. Brennan

“The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.”

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Author:James C. Collins

“Culture is everything. Culture is the way we dress, the way we carry our heads, the way we walk, the way we tie our ties - it is not only the fact of writing books or building houses.”

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Author:Aime Cesaire

“Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.”

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Author:Jim Harrison

“Life in the twentieth century undeniably has ... such richness, joy and adventure as were unknown to our ancestors except in their dreams.”

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Author:Arthur Compton

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