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A state has the right to prohibit the killing of dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes.

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The Second Amendment has no place in modern society.

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It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the excesses of the federal government.

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I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy.

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When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

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I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.

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I love discomfort. I mean, my whole life is discomfort. One reason I can never retire is that the idea of just sitting on the beach totally comfortable is not a desideratum in my life. I like ambiguity, I like conflict, I like uncertainly.

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Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

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Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent.

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The sad reality is that there are no purely domestic issues in Israel. Issues that would be dealt with by municipalities in other countries - such as how to deal with a dangerous bridge or how to resolve conflicts between religious and secular bus riders - become major international issues when they occur in Israel.

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Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

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I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

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Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

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Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

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A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

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It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this country, as compared to those European countries in which church and state have been united, resulting in opposition to the church by those who disapprove of the government.

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President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about in the disastrous economy he inherited.

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I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.

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Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

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Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential believer, akin to the person who obeys the command of an all-powerful secular king.

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