There can be no doubt that the systematic hostility of the courts to religion has lowered the prestige of religion in the public mind. Robert Bork More Quotes by Robert Bork More Quotes From Robert Bork As the courts keep pushing religion out of sight, the press either ignores it or treats it as some sort of emotional affliction. It is hardly any wonder that religion slowly loses its grip on the popular mind. Robert Bork emotionalreligiouschristian The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. Robert Bork religiousviewsbelieve [The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering votes from recalcitrant citizens. Robert Bork want-somethinggatheringphilosophy The American press is extraordinarily free and vigorous, as it should be. It should be, not because it is free of inaccuracy, oversimplification and bias, but because the alternative to that freedom is worse than those failings. Robert Bork alternativesfailinggovernment In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge. Robert Bork democracyjudginglaw An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement. Robert Bork egalitarianismachievementeducational The right to procreate is not guaranteed, explicitly or implicitly, by the Constitution Robert Bork constitution There is no single grand strategy. Just as the New Left abandoned an overarching program and became a series of like-minded groups advancing area by area, so it must counterattacked area by area. Robert Bork abandonedstrategygroups Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. Robert Bork enlightenmentreasonchildren When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions Robert Bork legislationassumingjudging Reporters treat religion as beneath mention, as personally distasteful, or as a clear and present threat to the American way of life. Robert Bork religiouschristianway Under the First Amendment's prohibition of the establishment of religion, the Court has steadily made religion a matter for the private individual by driving it out of the public arena. Robert Bork religiouschristianmatter If the children already born each have only two children themselves ... in twenty-seven to thirty-five years the population of the world will double. Robert Bork readingtimechildren Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept Robert Bork fashionlawwind The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually. Robert Bork first-amendmentgovernmentfirsts The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law and not his personal values. That is why the American public accepts the decisions of its courts, accepts even decisions that nullify the laws a majority of the electorate or their representatives voted for. Robert Bork decisionjudginglaw I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing Robert Bork jobsmenthinking The Federalist Society has done more for the health of the law than any organization I have witnessed in my career. Robert Bork careersorganizationlaw
