Legal Quotes
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Justice Earl Warren – Quotes
“Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments …. It is required in the performance of our most basic responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today, it is the principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him […]
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Real Remedy for breaking Caste is Inter-Marriage: Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
“I am convinced that the real remedy is inter-marriage. Fusion of blood can alone create the feeling of being kith and kin, and unless this feeling of kinship, of being kindred, becomes paramount, the separatist feeling—the feeling of being aliens—created by Caste will not vanish. Where society is already well-knit by other ties, marriage is […]
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Soli J. Sorabjee – Quotes
1. About Soli J. Sorabjee Soli J. Sorabjee (1930–2021) was a prominent Indian jurist and legal scholar. He is best known for his tenure as the Attorney General of India, a position he held from 1998 to 2004, and then again from 2004 to 2009. Sorabjee was widely respected for his deep understanding of constitutional […]
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Nani Palkhivala – Quotes
“The survival of our democracy and the unity and integrity of the nation depend upon the realisation that constitutional morality is no less essential than constitutional legality. Dharma lives in the hearts of public men; when it dies there, no Constitution, no law, no amendment, can save it.”~ Nani A. Palkhivala “A democracy without discipline […]
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor – Quotes
“The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.” “If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some […]
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor – Quotes
“You have to fight every day to protect the rights and opportunities of women and minorities.” “Let me suggest that in any case in which a minority group feels severely aggrieved and desperate enough to turn to violence, society as a whole bears the blame.” “The freedom of speech…is one of the great bulwarks of […]
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Fali S. Nariman – Quotes
1. About Fali S. Nariman Fali S. Nariman (1929–2024) was a distinguished Indian jurist and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. With a legal career spanning over seven decades, he was one of India’s most respected constitutional lawyer, widely regarded as one of the finest legal minds in the country. He was awarded […]