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I do not question that the attorney general should have this immunity. But for tactical reasons, I would not raise the issue here.


Samuel Alito

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XAVIER SAMUEL There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
SAMUEL BECKETT The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSON When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
SAMUEL LOVER The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality ...
SAMUEL GOMPERS No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.
SAMUEL CHASE I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
SAMUEL LARSEN It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of natio...
SAMUEL SMILES Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself...
SAMUEL SMILES The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
SAMUEL SMILES Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
SAMUEL SMILES Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we ...
SAMUEL SMILES Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road...
SAMUEL SMILES Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gi...
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