26 Quotes by Sam Ervin

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.

Recalling an old magistrate's words to a young attorney, The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella; But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella.

When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes.

I used to think that the Civil War was our country’s greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.

I’ve always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that’s all you get from them, nothing.

Recalling an old magistrate’s words to a young attorney, The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella; But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.

Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn’t belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?

I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it.