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Quote by Robert Bork
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constituti

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left. – Robert Bork

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Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. – Robert Bork

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Society
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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

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Religion
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The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law. – Robert Bork

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If you never change your mind, why have one? – Edward de Bono

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If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of whats gone wrong, then you have to change your government. – George Osborne

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We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it. – John Steinbeck, America and Americans

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Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change. – Jeff Goodell

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