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

- Stephen Breyer
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You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost.

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.

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.

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty.

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?

Judges are appointed often through the political process.

Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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