Author: David Souter

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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

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

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

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

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well.

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well.

- David Souter

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