“Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate , because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy.” ThinkingYearsSometimesFatePositionMinesProtectionSupremeParallelsSupreme Being Author:George S. Patton
“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
“What I'm critical of is - the White House attacking conservatives, for saying we're elitist for pointing out that Harriet Miers isn't qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. I'm starting to feel sort of bad about - about saying that. And I'm annoyed with George Bush [Jr.] for putting us in the position of having to say that.” FeelsHouseWhitePositionCourtStartingCriticalSupremeWhite HouseSupreme CourtPointingQualifiedAttackingAnnoyedElitist Author:Ann Coulter
“Senator, my answer is that the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court requires that nominees before this committee for a position on that court not forecast, give predictions, give hints, about how they might rule in cases that might come before the Supreme Court,.” GivingMightAnswersCasesPositionIntegrityIndependenceCourtSupremeSenatorsCommitteesPredictionsSupreme CourtHintsForecasts Author:John Roberts
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this Supreme Being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly.” PeopleShouldLittlesUseUsedJesusNamesBeliefChristReligiousPowerfulIssuesPositionWeaponsJesus ChristClaimsDebateSupremeCompromiseAlliesBehalfReligious BeliefSupreme BeingPowerful WeaponsNo Compromise Author:Barry Goldwater
“Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.” CharacterWealthPositionSupreme Author:John D. Rockefeller
“From the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned.” StatesGovernmentFacesCitiesPositionOfficeSupremeFinanceMoney Power Author:William E. Gladstone
“I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda on the American people.” PeopleWantUsePoliticalPolicyPositionJudgingCourtSupremeAgendasSupreme CourtPreferencePolitical Agendas Author:John Cornyn
“I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I an humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.” Has BeensJusticePositionCourtSupremeSeatsSupreme CourtHonoredSandra Day O Connor Author:Samuel Alito