The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest. Warren E. Burger More Quotes by Warren E. Burger More Quotes From Warren E. Burger [I]n constitutional adjudication some steps, which when taken were thought to approach 'the verge,' have become the platform for yet further steps. A certain momentum develops in constitutional theory and it can be a 'downhill thrust' easily set in motion but difficult to retard or stop. Warren E. Burger churchtakensteps There may be some incorrigible human beings who cannot be changed except by God's own mercy to that one person. Warren E. Burger that-one-personmercymay A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. Warren E. Burger povertyjudgementtrials It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to discover a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing. Warren E. Burger takenjusticetwo For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors newspaper or broadcast can and do abuse this power is beyond doubt, but that is no reason to deny the discretion Congress provided. Warren E. Burger editorschoicesediting The president's need for complete candor and objectivity from advisers calls for great deference from the courts. Warren E. Burger objectivitypresidentneeds [No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides. Warren E. Burger mindlifescience A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different. Warren E. Burger Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost. Warren E. Burger Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times. Warren E. Burger Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. Warren E. Burger listenfreespeechfreedom There can be no assumption that today's majority is 'right' and the Amish and others like them are 'wrong.' A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different. Warren E. Burger wrongtodaylifeway However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises. Warren E. Burger claimvaluesprivilegeinterest We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field. Warren E. Burger largejudgesroamingmay
