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12 quotes by Anthony Kennedy

Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Since the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, Kennedy has often been the swing vote on many of the Court's 5–4 decisions.
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Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

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The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate... →

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As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

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The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the... →

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No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

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I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and... →

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We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what... →

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Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification... →

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The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of... →

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Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.

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In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or... →

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You have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has made a courageous... →

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