#state

If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States. ↗

— Will Smith

#becoming #committed #could #i #me

In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#common #dictate #foreign #individual #magical

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'. ↗

— Raymond Smullyan

#correctly #critical #i #labeled #ones

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away. ↗

— Sam Snead

#away #estate #give #like #looks

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#any #background #believe #doubt #equal

A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#check #citizens #comes #nation #rights

The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#am #amount #cases #chambers #enormous

When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As a state court judge, it never would have occurred to me to do so, and when I got to the Supreme Court, it was very much the same. We just didn't do it. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#ages #back #beyond #borders #court

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should. ↗

— William Odom

#anything #general #had #high #high office

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#been #fundamental #however #link #matters