Author: David Souter

Quotes

History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.

History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.

- 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

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

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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