John Paul Stevens Quotes

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I am not a fan of President Trump, I should say. I wouldn’t try to comment on every particular issue in which we disagree, but there are plenty of them.

John Paul Stevens

I have been opposed to ceremonies at the White House. It gives the impression that the court is subordinate to the executive, which I think is quite wrong.

John Paul Stevens

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

John Paul Stevens

I’m a person who plays Ping-Pong once in a while.

John Paul Stevens

When I signed on to letting the death penalty back in, I thought the procedural protections against executing an innocent person were stronger than they turned out to be.

John Paul Stevens

To show a ‘well-founded fear of persecution‘, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.

John Paul Stevens

For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation.

John Paul Stevens

I play duplicate bridge and I play golf and I go swimming once in a while.

John Paul Stevens

I always prided myself on my ability to choose good clerks, and one of the key elements was whether I thought I would like the person.

John Paul Stevens

If you‘re interested in the job and in the kind of work that’s done, you have to have an interest in who’s going to fill your shoes.

John Paul Stevens

Well, in my job, I avoid political commentary.

John Paul Stevens

It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

John Paul Stevens

District of Columbia v. Heller, which recognized an individual right to possess a firearm under the Constitution, is unquestionably the most clearly incorrect decision that the Supreme Court announced during my tenure on the bench.

John Paul Stevens

Colonial history contains many examples of firearm regulations in urban areas that imposed obstacles to their use for protection of the home.

John Paul Stevens

All I can say is I did the best I could, and I didn’t do well enough on many occasions.

John Paul Stevens

During my years as a practicing lawyer, it just was part of your study of what Congress was trying to say in their statutes. I never really considered judges or scholars as either those who used legislative history or those who were opposed to it until after I got on the court.

John Paul Stevens

There was a fear among the original framers that the federal government would be so strong that they might destroy the state militias.

John Paul Stevens

I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.

John Paul Stevens