Jeffrey Toobin Quotes
We have never had a president of the United States or a nominee of a major party who was a Supreme Court law clerk.
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I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
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There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization and possibly cause the extinction of the human race. But, on the bright side, Prince could re-release his hit song with the new refrain 'We're gonna party like its twenty-eight seventy-nine.'
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
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The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on everyone to join us.
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Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration.
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As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved.
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There is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party.
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When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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One with the law is a majority.
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I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
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The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
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At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
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The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color of the law for reward, dread and favor and so no remedy is had in the Court of Equity in any way.
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In America, we have this bell curve of certain values. And then we have another bell curve of different values, which is the Republican Party. And they're out of sync right now.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.
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Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?
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I'm like Jay Gatsby. I like to throw the party and then stand back, looking gorgeous. Stand back and watch it.
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We cannot forget the need to use the law as a shield, but we must remember other forces of the law.
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Where there is no common power, there is no law.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
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We have never had a president of the United States or a nominee of a major party who was a Supreme Court law clerk.
