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“May not the wolf, as the proverb says, claim a hearing?”

May Justice Claims Hearing Fairness

Book:The Works of Plato: The Trial and Death of Socrates

Source: The Works of Plato: The Trial and Death of Socrates

“Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material.”

Technology Heard Materials Claims Hearing Contrary Nuclear Despite Experts Briefing

Author:John Linder

“They said, OK, nine [Louis] Brandeis's is too much, but one is OK. So, with friends like that, and so forth. But, yes, the idea that because he was Jewish he would rule a particular way was an ugly undercurrent of the hearings, which resonates with current claims that a judge can't be impartial because of his or her background or ethnicity or race. It's, I guess, a small comfort that in the end the Brandeis vote wasn't close.”

Way Said Ideas Ends Race Too Much Particular Judging Comfort Vote Claims Currents Ugly Hearing Nine Backgrounds They Said Ethnicity Louis Brandeis

Author:Jeffrey Rosen

“I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.”

“I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection.”

Hard Moments Grows Sound Born Growing Up Messages Evidence Connections Claims Affair Hearing Despite Genes Drowning Noisy Fondness

Book:Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

Source: Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

Want Giving Views Claims Hearing Shocked Offended Offended You

Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.

“Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get on an airplane [to the U.S.] and claim asylum...when you arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York, they will say to you, 'OK, we'll give you a hearing on whether you deserve asylum. Show up in a year.' And two-thirds of the people never show up.”

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Author:Charles Schumer