Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. Orrin Hatch More Quotes by Orrin Hatch More Quotes From Orrin Hatch There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. Orrin Hatch seniorexercisegraduation Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life. Orrin Hatch punishmentpoliticaldeath You know, we should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugsand not take care of their own children. Orrin Hatch blowchildrenpeople The place where you got to get revenues has to come from the middle class. That's where the huge number of people that are there. So the system does need to be revamped [to tax the rich less and the middle class more.] Orrin Hatch classnumberspeople If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying - that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 - establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime. Orrin Hatch gunshould-havelaw In my legal practice, I have seen certain Federal judges controlled or influenced by large corporations..., by large law firms...on more than one occasion(, and) ...by special interests...(some) ought to be thrown right off the bench because they are breaking every code of conduct. Orrin Hatch practicelawdark But I bear witness to Christ, too. I really know him to be the savior of the world. And that means more to me than almost anything else I know. Orrin Hatch bearsmeanworld I sleep so much better at night, knowing that America is protected from thin pickles and fast ketchup. Orrin Hatch governmentsleepnight Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. Orrin Hatch senioreducationgraduation We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based on the fundamental principle that judges interpret and apply but do not make law. Orrin Hatch politicaljudginglaw I wear a mezuzah just to remind me, just to make sure that there is never another holocaust anywhere. Orrin Hatch holocaust I do not think it is any benefit for artists or fans to have all the new, wide distribution channels in the online world controlled by those who have controlled the old, narrower ones, .. This is especially true if they achieve that control by leveraging their dominance in content or conduit space in an anticompetitive way to control the new, independent music services that are attempting to enhance the consumer's experience of music. Orrin Hatch independentartistthinking I'm not naive. Sometimes interpretation is more of an art than a science. There are those who would label interpretation absolutely anything a judge might do or, two, the text of a statute or the Constitution. But it seems to me there comes a point where a judge is using his own creativity and purpose and crosses the line between interpreting a text written by somebody else and in a sense creating something new. Orrin Hatch creativityjudgingart I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions. Orrin Hatch assdumbstupid In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes. Judges must settle legal disputes, not pursue agendas. Judges must interpret and apply the law, not make the law. Orrin Hatch governmentjudginglaw Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition. Orrin Hatch competitiontechnologypractice Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency. Orrin Hatch scarygovernmentmilitary We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it. Orrin Hatch judicialmayremember I think that support of this [stem cell] research is a pro-life pro-family position. This research holds out hope for more than 100 million Americans. Orrin Hatch hopelifescience The only ones who will see an increase in pay are some of the trial lawyers who bring the cases. Orrin Hatch lawyertrialspay
