Meaning comes from the capacity to see what is not in some simple, objective sense there on the printed page. David Souter More Quotes by David Souter More Quotes From David Souter I find the workload of what I do sufficiently great that when the term of court starts, I undergo a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy. David Souter annual find great intellectual We hold that an employer is vicariously liable for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor, but subject to an affirmative defense looking to the reasonableness of the employer's conduct as well as that of a plaintiff victim. David Souter employer well looking discrimination I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington with no regrets about the prior 19 years or about the decision to try living a more normal life for whatever time might remain. David Souter decision rose time life It may be that the seemingly intrinsic attraction that past time has for me is merely a desire for escapism, as I look out at the nation and world with little optimism. David Souter look me time past Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States. David Souter over some constitution years We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. David Souter security equality liberty want The court has to decide which of our approved desires has the better claim, right here, right now, and a court has to do more than read fairly when it makes this kind of choice. David Souter decide more better choice What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible. David Souter problems will know people I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy. David Souter american i-am future democracy I would like to think that enough examples of non-compromise are going to start people thinking that there must be a better way to try to govern the country. David Souter better think people thinking If speech always wins, even if it's an atomic secret that's going to be broadcast to our enemies, it's easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn't... Liberty doesn't always trump equality or equality always trump liberty. David Souter enemies equality decision easy For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, 'Brown' must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision. David Souter language decision reading facts The language of the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws did not change between 1896 and 1954, and it would be very hard to say that the obvious facts on which 'Plessy' was based had changed. David Souter constitution language change facts The restoration comes not only from the landscape and air, though they play their significant part, but from the people. I feel a strong need to be in New Hampshire for as much of the summer as I can manage it. David Souter new feel strong people The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body. David Souter dead camera day you
