“Professor Eddington has recently remarked that 'The law that entropy always increases - the second law of thermodynamics - holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of nature'. It is not a little instructive that so similar a law [the fundamental theorem of natural selection] should hold the supreme position among the biological sciences.” ThinkingShouldLittlesLawNaturalPositionIncreaseFundamentalsSupremeProfessorsSelectionLaws Of NatureNatural SelectionTheoremsEntropyThermodynamicsBiological Science Author:Ronald Fisher
“Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.” MatterSeaWeaknessRiversNo Matter WhatFundamentalsFortuneFishesIntellectSupremeSatisfiedBoatLakesFishingGood FortuneFisherman Book:Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea Source: Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea
“That the people have an original right to establish, for their future government, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis, on which the whole American fabric has been erected.... The principles, therefore, so established, are deemed fundamental. And as the authority, from which they proceed, is supreme ... they are designed to be permanent.... The powers of the legislature are defined, and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the constitution is written.” PeopleMayHas BeensWholeGovernmentOpinionPrinciplesWrittenLimitsAuthorityBasesConstitutionOriginalsFundamentalsForgottenSupremeDefinedPermanentFabricMistakenLegislature Author:John Marshall
“That's the fundamental question. Do we have a check and balance system? Do we have three equal branches or do we have one supreme branch, not just the Supreme Court? That's the fundamental question.” ThreeBalanceEqualFundamentalsCourtSupremeChecksBranchesSupreme Court Author:Mike Huckabee
“We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based on the fundamental principle that judges interpret and apply but do not make law.” UseLawPoliticalPrinciplesJudgingStandardsFundamentalsCourtSupremeSupreme CourtEvaluateJudicialFundamental Principles Author:Orrin Hatch
“This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have served to constrain abuses of power for more than 200 years. The Supreme Court is relied upon by all of to us protect our fundamental rights.” YearsLibertyRightsRiskBalanceProtectAbuseFundamentalsCourtProtectionSupremeChecksSupreme CourtAbuse Of PowerConstrainFundamental Rights Author:Patrick Leahy
“The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.” WayMoralFoundationFundamentalsCourtSupremeSupreme Court Author:David Brooks
“Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the states of Washington and Minnesota - have no equal-protection rights of their own, nor can they vindicate equal-protection rights of their citizens. The same is true about being able to challenge alleged religious discrimination. This limitation on the states' authority to champion such claims is fundamental to our separation-of-powers architecture.” WellsStatesAbleChallengesReligiousRightsCitizensEqualAuthorityClaimsFundamentalsCourtProtectionArchitectureSeparationSupremeDiscriminationLimitationChampionSupreme CourtPrecedentMinnesotaSeparation Of PowersEqual Protection Author:David B. Rivkin
“Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.” HumansTwoStatesGovernmentLawIndividualDecisionArmsBearsConstitutionFundamentalsCourtSupremeDespiteGuaranteesAmendmentsSupreme CourtLegislatureSecond AmendmentAffirmingState LegislaturesInfringement Author:Bob Barr
“The supreme thing is worship. The attitude of worship is the attitude of a subject bent before the King... The fundamental thought is that of prostration, of bowing down.” PrayerAttitudeSubjectsKingsWorshipFundamentalsSupremeBentProstrationBowing Down Author:G. Campbell Morgan
“Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists...it is fundamental that justice should be the same, in substance and availability, without regard to economic status.” InspirationalShouldEndsLawJusticeSocietyEconomicBuildingEqualIdealsRegardSocial JusticeFundamentalsCourtEqualityLawyerSupremeSubstanceOur SocietySupreme CourtCivil SocietyFacadeLegal SystemAvailabilityCaptionMost InspiringEqual JusticeEconomic Status Author:Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
“At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is the supreme value can, without a fundamental inconsistency, follow the practice of deliberately putting one of its members to death.” Has BeensCountryValuesIndividualMoralPracticeBattleMembersDignityFundamentalsBottomSupremeDeath PenaltyInconsistency Author:William J. Brennan
“In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. Limits of wisdom and convenience to the public control there may be: limits of principle there are, upon strict analysis, none.” IfsMenMayIndividualCommunityPrinciplesDestinyDemocracyRightsTheoryLimitsMembersAbsolutesFundamentalsBottomDetermineSupremeSocialismAnalysisStrictConvenience Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson