Robert Bork

“The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying a law that someone else has made.”

“The truth is that the judge who looks outside the Constitution always looks inside himself and nowhere else.”

“The First Amendment was not intended to protect obscenity.”

“Roe v. Wade is an unconstitutional decision, a usurpation of democratic authority.”

“What the framers intended is the only legitimate basis for constitutional decision.”

“Privacy is not in the Bill of Rights.”

“The great intellectual tragedy of our time is that the law has become political.”

“American culture is locked in a civil war.”

“A judge who announces a decision must be able to demonstrate that he began from recognized legal principles and reasoned in an intellectually coherent and politically neutral way to his result.”

“The modern liberal state is a machine for the creation and maintenance of dependency.”

“We are a nation that is morally adrift.”

“The drive for equality of results is the single most destructive force in modern society.”

“The Supreme Court, in short, has been making up the Constitution for some time.”

“I am not a conservative but a legalist.”

“Activism is not a neutral term; it is a pejorative.”

“The Bill of Rights is a shield, not a sword.”