304 Quotes by John Roberts

Well, I have said that I do not have an overarching judicial philosophy that I bring to every case.

The States are separate and independent sovereigns. Sometimes they need to act like it.

So far, it has been a pretty wild ride.

Two-year notes are almost 200 basis points over (federal) funds and they're starting to get pretty cheap any way you look at it.

that's a misuse of precedent, not a correct use of precedent.

I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't think they're jokes.

This would be shocking even in a Third World country.

You don't look to your own values and beliefs. You look outside yourself to other sources.

I'm not standing for election and it is contrary to the role of judges in our society to say that this judge should go on the bench because this is his or her position and those are the positions they're going to apply,