Robert Jackson Quotations

We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion.

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.

The places that are most likely to grow trees for carbon sequestration are places where trees aren't growing now.

Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions.

It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government.

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

Microbes are doing things we didn't even know they could do 10 years ago.

We start down a rough road when we begin to mix compulsory public education with compulsory godliness

When you consider that Symphony is currently limited to the niche of REO evictions and related post-foreclosure legal processes, reaching the 5,000 case mark in about a year's time is a good indicator of just how capable Symphony is, and of how well-received it has been. And, we are particularly pleased to have reached this milestone while maintaining a system uptime of over 99%, and with our users rating Symphony among the industry's best default-related technologies.

I was starting to question my own sanity (after the first two games). You don't pull on Superman's cape - we were over our heads in those games. But the kids stayed positive and that's important.

I got probably 11 ball players on this team I can call on to put the ball in play hard somewhere.

I believe we have not thought through the consequences of this. We are buying a few decades to transform our economies.

I have a smile on my face that's 10 feet wide. It represents the smiling faces of the 1.1 million school children smiling they're so happy with this decision.

(Grove City's) got a big fellow down low and their guards aren't too bad. (The loss to Marion-Franklin) was a setback, but it was probably a good thing for us.

The purpose of our paper isn't to suggest that plantations are bad. Rather, we are saying it is important to think carefully about where and what people plant, particularly where water resources are scarce.

He's a great kid and a great student. He was second-team all-City last year and he should be first-team all-City this year. He always plays.

Well, you really never know until you put them on the field, but right now we look good warming up, ... But that first season is behind us and all the kids are Panthers. We are in that getty-up-and-go mode right now.

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.

Refugees have come up from Louisiana and have located in Quitman County, Coahoma and Tunica,

We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow.

We are not unaware that we are not final because we are infallible; we know that we are infallible only because we are final.

You have lost, Governor Pataki and schoolchildren of New York City have won. It's over. Now let's implement the decision.

You can't be picking and choosing - we will know after this week if we have learned anything,

There's one word to describe going to go see Coretta - historic. It's good to finally see her at peace.

People take liberties and one thing leads to another,

The validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores.

This doesn't take into consideration the human mind knowing how to get there.

It really points us in a new direction to understand microbial communities.

It raises awareness of the needs of the library. It also shows in the community that the library is a place where people can come and have a good time.

It's good to finally see her at peace.

It's been a crazy year. Last Friday was a real tough one against Briggs. Right now I'm happy with the effort, but it comes down to fundamentals. One thing we're working on is team unity, and we've been working on dribbling skills and just basketball awareness. We're also going to be bringing up some (junior varsity) kids. The next couple weeks are important in terms of the teaching we do.

It is the position of the department, that all investigative reports are confidential documents of the executive department of the government to aid in the duty laid upon the president by the Constitution to take care that the laws be faithfully executed and that congressional or public access to them would be in the public interest.

After trees use that fresh water up, there's an upwelling of saline water.

If we can cultivate in the world the idea that aggressive war-making is the way to the prisoner's dock rather than the way to honors, we will have accomplished something toward making the peace more secure.

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

His heart for evangelism and respected place of leadership in our convention along with his team approach to leadership seemed to be the strongest factors in selecting him as our nominee.

The guy is brilliant. He's a total coach. Whatever he does, he does 100 percent.

A lot depends on how fast we can get the major breaks contained.