As a young man, you’re dazzled by the power of the White House and all that. But power tends to corrupt. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
If I had to choose, I would always take the less dynamic, indeed even the lazy person who knows what’s right than the zealot in the cause of error. He may move slower, but he’s headed in the right direction. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
The only way to eliminate any government choice on what art is worthwhile, what art isn’t worthwhile, is to get the government totally out of the business of funding. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
Originalism is sort of subspecies of textualism. Textualism means you are governed by the text. That’s the only thing that is relevant to your decision, not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that. But the text of the statute. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
Indeed, follow your star if you want to head north and it’s the North Star. But if you want to head north and it’s Mars, you had better follow somebody else’s star. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
Winning and losing, that’s never been my objective. It’s my hope that in the fullness of time, the majority of the court will come to see things as I do. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
If you condemn someone who has committed a crime to be tortured, that would be unconstitutional. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
