Anthony Kennedy

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without implicating the Fourth Amendment. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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You have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has made a courageous decision that's unpopular. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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