“One of the things that drives me batty is people who think they're court watchers, who say, "Oh, Clarence Thomas. You know, his clerks do all the work for him. You know, he doesn't deserve to be there, and has never done anything."” PeopleThinkingKnowsDoneDeserveCourtClerksWatchers Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“Instead of pressing, with the foremost of the crowd, into the palace of Constantinople, Libanius calmly expected his arrival at Antioch; withdrew from court on the first symptoms of coldness and indifference; required a formal invitation for each visit; and taught his sovereign an important lesson, that he might command the obedience of a subject, but that he must deserve the attachment of a friend.” FirstsImportantMightHistorySubjectsTaughtLessonsDeserveCourtCrowdsExpectedCommandObedienceIndifferenceAttachmentFormalSovereignSymptomsInvitationsPalacesArrivalsRoman EmpireColdnessImportant LessonsConstantinopleAntioch Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“I ask to become a faery because I love a faery queen, and because she deserves to have someone who loves her for who she is, not what she is. She needs me. There are people-good people-I love and I'm a liability to them because I'm a mortal. I'm fragile. I'm fine. I am in this world. People I care about, the woman I love, friends in all three of the courts This is where I belong. I just need you to give me what it takes to stay with them and be strong enough not to fail them.” PeopleWorldNeedsGivingEnoughCareThreeAsksStrongFailingThis WorldFineDeserveGive MeCourtMortalsQueensGood PeopleFragileI CareStrong EnoughNeed YouLiability Author:Melissa M
“When you step out on the court, I don't think anybody thinks about age. Because if you're out on this tour it means you deserve to be here. You've got the skill. It must mean you know how to play.” IfsThinkingKnowsMeanPlayAgeStepsKnow HowSkillsDeserveCourt Author:Venus Williams
“A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.” PositionMountainDeserveCourtDefeated Book:On War Source: On War
“Corporations are not people, despite what the Supreme Court says, and they don't need or deserve handouts.” PeopleNeedsDeserveCourtSupremeDespiteCorporationsSupreme CourtHandouts Author:Robert Reich
“The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law.” PeopleLawPresidentJusticeDeserveCourtSupremeSupreme CourtSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Patrick Leahy
“You have to answer the question, like it or not. And the questions deserve a valid legal response, even if the response isn't one that will be easily understood. You have an obligation as a member of the court to do what you are bound to do under federal law, even if it isn't an attractive resolution from a public standpoint.” IfsLawAnswersMembersUnderstoodDeserveCourtResponseBoundsObligationAttractiveResolutionStandpoint Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the C.D.A., interrupt that conversation. As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion.” FirstsMayGovernmentFormAsksPrinciplesTechnologyAmountInternetConversationLimitsSpeechHighestMassDeserveArgumentCourtProtectionAmendmentsFirst AmendmentNever EndingAvailabilityIntrusion Author:Stewart Dalzell