57 Quotes by William Rehnquist

As the demographic makeup of this pool changes, it seems entirely likely that the under-representation of minorities to which you refer in your letter will also change,

I used to worry about every little footnote, ... Now I realize you just need five votes.

The Supreme Court is an institution far more dominated by centrifugal forces, pushing toward individuality and independence, than it is by centripetal forces pulling for hierarchical ordering and institutional unity.

Somewhere out there, beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.

A father's interest in having a child -- perhaps his only child -- may be unmatched by any other interest in life.

Commutation decisions have not traditionally been the business of the courts, ... As such, they are rarely, if ever, appropriate subjects for judicial review.

A public library does not acquire Internet terminals in order to create a public forum for Web publishers to express themselves, any more than it collects books in order to provide a public forum for the authors of books to speak.

an excellent administrator. No justice ever missed a deadline in the time he served.

All principles of antitrust law are court made, so we need to be as clear as possible.