57 Quotes by William Rehnquist

has been repeatedly reaffirmed by a changing group of justices.

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

I think it's safe to say that no one smelled more roses than my dad,

Our judges will not continue to represent the diverse face of America if only the well-to-do or the mediocre are willing to become judges.

The American judicial system is admired throughout the world.

to say that it is easily applied is just a myth.

To the extent that libraries wish to offer unfiltered access, they are free to do so without federal assistance.

When you are young and impecunious, society conditions you to exchange time for money, and this is quite as it should be. Very few people are hurt by having to work for a living. But as you become more affluent, it somehow is very, very difficult to reverse that process and begin trading money for time.

To reach its result, the court necessarily has had to find within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment,