60 Quotes by Stephen Breyer

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.

I have to, of course, describe the views of those who disagree with my approach.

a hallmark of American justice in the last 30 years.

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.

The court has found no single mechanical formula that can accurately draw the constitutional line in every case,

And if a judge is going to be criticized for letting off a person and it turns out that person was innocent, that would be a pretty bad criticism.

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

Judges are appointed often through the political process

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?