Stephen Breyer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.”

“Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.”

“Judges are appointed often through the political process.”

“Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.”

“We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other.”

“Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him.”

“You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts.”

“I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.”

“I think it shows that if you have one group of people doing it, you'll get another group of people doing it.”

“We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.”