Jack Scalia quote: "I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested."

My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
JACK SCALIA

There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know.
JACK SCALIA

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
JACK SCALIA

You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
JACK SCALIA

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.
JACK SCALIA

Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. ...
JACK SCALIA

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
JACK SCALIA

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of e...
ANTONIN SCALIA

What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this C...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The Constitution that I interpret and apply is not living, but dead, or as I prefer to call it, endu...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited... It is not a right to keep and carry...
ANTONIN SCALIA

There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as s...
ANTONIN SCALIA

It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to ...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.
ANTONIN SCALIA

The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I spent my junior year in Switzerland. On the way back home, I spent some time in England, and I rem...
ANTONIN SCALIA

By formally declaring anyone opposed to same-sex marriage an enemy of human decency, the majority ar...
ANTONIN SCALIA

As a general rule, I do not think it appropriate for judges to heap either praise or censure upon a ...
ANTONIN SCALIA

is to give live-birth abortion free rein.
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a serious inability of our political branches to conduct international affairs.
ANTONIN SCALIA

find itself unable to resolve the significant legal issue presented by the case.
ANTONIN SCALIA

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached
ANTONIN SCALIA

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.
ANTONIN SCALIA

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You th...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Maybe he wanted to buy a new crutch for Tiny Tim, ... Please, counselor, don't read all these tender...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The line between protected pornography and unprotected obscenity lies between appealing to a good he...
ANTONIN SCALIA

[The Freedom of Information Act is] the Taj Mahal of the Doctrine of Unanticipated Consequences, the...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The Court today completes the process of converting [Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964] from...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I attack ideas. I don't attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And i...
ANTONIN SCALIA

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that'...
ANTONIN SCALIA

But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for demo...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The American people have determined that the good to be derived from capital punishment - in deterre...
ANTONIN SCALIA

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...
ANTONIN SCALIA

A good, hard-hitting dissent keeps you honest.
ANTONIN SCALIA

Originalism is sort of subspecies of textualism. Textualism means you are governed by the text. That...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I'v...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I think I'm a pretty nice fella.
ANTONIN SCALIA

I do accept that, with - with respect to those vague terms in the Constitution such as equal protect...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you...
ANTONIN SCALIA

If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that yo...
ANTONIN SCALIA

It seems to be an odd proposition,
ANTONIN SCALIA

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You th...
ANTONIN SCALIA

With each decision of ours that takes from the People a question properly left to them - with each d...
ANTONIN SCALIA

And what I would say now is, yes, if a state enacted a law permitting flogging, it is immensely stup...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Some people are inherently likeable. If you're not - work on it. It may even improve your social...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of crimin...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I would think the normal assumption is if one person wants that search excluded, that search is excl...
ANTONIN SCALIA

If there's anything you absolutely hate, why, it must be unconstitutional. Or, if there's an...
ANTONIN SCALIA

It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections.
ANTONIN SCALIA

I watched 'The Sopranos,' I saw a couple of episodes of 'Mad Men.' I loved 'Sein...
ANTONIN SCALIA

that reliability be assessed in a particular manner: by testing in the crucible of cross-examination...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The counting of votes that are of questionable legality does in my view threaten irreparable harm to...
ANTONIN SCALIA

You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations ... until they were all litigated...
ANTONIN SCALIA

If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Because values change, legislatures abolish the death penalty, permit same-sex marriage if they want...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned.
ANTONIN SCALIA

Does it stop being a quota because it is somewhere between eight and 12 percent, but it is a quota i...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The first instinct of power is the retention of power, and under a Constitution that requires period...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I am questioning the propriety – indeed, the sanity – of having a value-laden decision such as t...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Such commands are fundamentally incompatible with our constitutional system of dual sovereignty.
ANTONIN SCALIA

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd l...
ANTONIN SCALIA

If there was anybody that has been sort of the social glue of the court, it's been Sandra and I will...
ANTONIN SCALIA

is locked in the heart of the president.
ANTONIN SCALIA

I don't know. I wouldn't want to go through it today, I'll tell you that much.
ANTONIN SCALIA

When dinner is over, it won't be her bones on the table.
ANTONIN SCALIA

They don't have any separate harm.
ANTONIN SCALIA

I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned,
ANTONIN SCALIA

Let the cancer patients suffer.
ANTONIN SCALIA

I cannot imagine any responsible citizen would have objected to giving the name,
ANTONIN SCALIA

I assure you, I have no agenda.
ANTONIN SCALIA

I don't like interjecting us into a battle between the two political branches,
ANTONIN SCALIA

The LSC subsidy neither prevents anyone from speaking nor coerces anyone to change speech,
ANTONIN SCALIA

Abortion is off the democratic stage. Prohibiting it is unconstitutional, now and forever, coast to ...
ANTONIN SCALIA

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
ANTONIN SCALIA

over my dead body.
ANTONIN SCALIA

You can make an exception without the sky falling,
ANTONIN SCALIA

What will happen is, for every one person who sees it on C-SPAN gavel to gavel -- so that they can r...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Does the deck seem stacked against those who oppose abortion? ... You bet.
ANTONIN SCALIA

If one is to say as the court does today that ALL executions of the mentally retarded are so morally...
ANTONIN SCALIA

the Constitution's refusal to 'deny or disparage' other rights is far removed from affirming any one...
ANTONIN SCALIA

They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be ...
ANTONIN SCALIA

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay,...
ANTONIN SCALIA

The First Amendment has not repealed the ancient rule of life, that he who pays the piper calls the ...
ANTONIN SCALIA

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
ANTONIN SCALIA

We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of pun...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry
out a death sentence properly reached.
ANTONIN SCALIA

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Const...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It c...
ANTONIN SCALIA

If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as st...
ANTONIN SCALIA

If I had to choose, I would always take the less dynamic, indeed even the lazy person who knows what...
ANTONIN SCALIA

I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better.
ANTONIN SCALIA

Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. ...
ANTONIN SCALIA

Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change.
ANTONIN SCALIA

A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.
ANTONIN SCALIA

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world...
JACK HERER

I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old.
JACK WHITEHALL

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
JACK NICHOLSON

The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today'...
JACK REED

The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
JACK PALANCE

Perfectionists are their own devils.
JACK KIRBY

Control your own destiny or someone else will.
JACK WELCH

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
JACK CANFIELD

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensatio...
JACK WELCH

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay ma...
JACK KEROUAC

If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll snea...
JACK NICKLAUS

It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their att...
JACK ZIPES

Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.
JACK ZIPES

In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration ...
JACK ZIPES

I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and ...
JACK ZIPES

'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their...
JACK ZIPES

Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, ...
JACK ZIPES

The Grimm collections were never intended for children. Not because kids were excluded, but because ...
JACK ZIPES

Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfu...
JACK ZIPES

What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly th...
JACK ZIPES

Until I was diagnosed with mouth cancer, I'd never heard of it.
JACK WILD

I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business h...
JACK WILD

I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a...
JACK WILD

I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. ...
JACK WILD

I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Stree...
JACK WILD

It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you ar...
JACK WILD

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
JACK WILD

At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly t...
JACK WILD

My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb.
JACK WILD

I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
JACK WHITTAKER

It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
JACK WHITTAKER

If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
JACK WHITTAKER

I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
JACK WHITTAKER

I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs.
JACK WHITTAKER

I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.
JACK WHITTAKER

Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&...
JACK WHITEHALL

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
JACK WHITEHALL

Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no...
JACK WHITEHALL

My dad doesn't hug me enough!
JACK WHITEHALL

I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ...
JACK WHITEHALL

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc...
JACK WHITEHALL

I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
JACK WHITEHALL

I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm...
JACK WHITEHALL

I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
JACK WHITEHALL

There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.
JACK WHITEHALL

I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
JACK WHITEHALL

Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho...
JACK WHITEHALL

I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL

Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
JACK WHITEHALL

When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck te...
JACK WHITEHALL

Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the sa...
JACK WHITEHALL

I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ...
JACK WHITEHALL

If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
JACK WHITEHALL

I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is ...
JACK WHITEHALL

I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
JACK WHITEHALL

When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
JACK WHITEHALL

I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in ...
JACK WHITEHALL

I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.
JACK WHITEHALL

I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
JACK WHITEHALL

If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes ...
JACK WHITEHALL

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ...
JACK WHITE

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. Th...
JACK WHITE

I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ...
JACK WHITE

I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my fri...
JACK WHITE

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so ...
JACK WHITE

If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and e...
JACK WHITE

We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer s...
JACK WHITE

I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But...
JACK WHITE

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want th...
JACK WHITE

I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into thing...
JACK WHITE

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. Ther...
JACK WHITE

Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get ...
JACK WHITE

I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my li...
JACK WHITE

I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bong...
JACK WHITE

With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. ...
JACK WHITE

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h...
JACK WHITE

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than ...
JACK WHITE

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Ro...
JACK WHITE

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I&...
JACK WHITE

I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to real...
JACK WHITE

One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when yo...
JACK WELCH

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thous...
JACK WELCH

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today'...
JACK WELCH

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
JACK WELCH

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five yea...
JACK WELCH

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
JACK WELCH

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and ...
JACK WELCH

You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while y...
JACK WELCH

The team with the best players wins.
JACK WELCH

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confus...
JACK WELCH

A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around ...
JACK WELCH

Change before you have to.
JACK WELCH

Be candid with everyone.
JACK WELCH

If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
JACK WARNER

I don't want it good. I want it Tuesday.
JACK WARNER

'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even young...
JACK WAGNER

I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the &...
JACK WAGNER

I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theate...
JACK WAGNER

By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really mak...
JACK WAGNER

Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. On...
JACK WAGNER

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in la...
JACK WAGNER

We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those ...
JACK WAGNER

My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from fou...
JACK WAGNER

My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mothe...
JACK WAGNER

I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.

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I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.

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