Author: David Souter

Quotes

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.

- David Souter

I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy.

I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy.

- David Souter

The Constitution has a good share of deliberately open-ended guarantees, like rights to due process of law, equal protection of the law, and freedom from unreasonable searches.

The Constitution has a good share of deliberately open-ended guarantees, like rights to due process of law, equal protection of the law, and freedom from unreasonable searches.

- David Souter

History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.

History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.

- David Souter

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.

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

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