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I don't believe I've ever met a homosexual.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Homosexual
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I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Primarily
Umpire
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An orderly society cannot exist if every man may decide which laws he will obey.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Men
Law
May
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Perhaps the single most effective antagonist of American business is Ralph Nader, who - thanks largely to the media - has become a legend in his own time and an idol of millions of Americans.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Antagonist
Media
Millions
Single
Thanks
Legend
Effective
Idol
Largely
Perhaps
Ralph
Ralph Nader
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Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea. However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for its correction not on the conscience of judges and juries but on the competition of other ideas.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Competition
Ideas
Judging
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The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. If both are not accorded the same protection, then it is not equal.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Equality
Color
Guarantees
Mean
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Effort should be made to see that the forum-type programs (the 'Today Show,' 'Meet the Press,' etc.) afford at least as much opportunity for supporters of the American system to participate as these programs do for those who attack it.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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Programs
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Supporters
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History balances the frustration of 'how far we have to go' with the satisfaction of 'how far we have come.' It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Frustration
Imperfection
Our Generation
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The average member of the public thinks of 'business' as an impersonal corporate entity owned by the very rich and managed by overpaid executives. There is an almost total failure to appreciate that 'business' actually embraces - in one way or another - most Americans.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Average
Corporate
Entity
Executives
Embraces
Impersonal
Member
Overpaid
Owned
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I do not enjoy being away from Richmond, my friends of a lifetime, and my home... I do not enjoy working 6 days a week and almost every night at a time when I had planned to be tapering off. There are compensations which appeal to any lawyer who is proud of his profession. The Supreme Court is an awesome place.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Every Night
Lifetime
Profession
Richmond
Supreme
Supreme Court
Appeal
Time Home Night
Awesome
Planned
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We have seen the civil rights movement insist on re-writing many of the textbooks in our universities and schools. The labor unions likewise insist that textbooks be fair to the viewpoints of organized labor. Other interested citizens groups have not hesitated to review, analyze and criticize textbooks and teaching materials.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Criticize
Groups
Labor
Materials
Organized
Textbooks
Viewpoints
Analyze
Insist
Likewise
Review
Rights Movement
Universities
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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.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Equality
Inspirational
Availability
Law
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