Elena Kagan Quotes

• Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation of our democracy.

  Elena Kagan

  Rights, Law, Democracy

  Speech on Being Nominated to Serve as U.S. Supreme Court Justice, delivered 10 May 2010

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• He dirigido una escuela cuyos profesores y alumnos examinan, discuten y debaten todos los aspectos de nuestro Derecho y nuestro sistema jurídico. Y lo que más he aprendido es que nadie tiene el monopolio de la verdad o la sabiduría. He aprendido que progresamos escuchándonos unos a otros, por encima de cualquier aparente división política o ideológica.

  Elena Kagan

  Wisdom, Truth, School

  Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the USSC Justice Confirmation Hearings, delivered 28 June 2010

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• My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment.

  Elena Kagan

  Would Be, Judgment

  "General David Petraeus Goes Before Senators". www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2012.

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• No me arrepiento de nada. No creo en mirar atrás. ¿De qué estoy más orgulloso? De haber trabajado muy duro... y de haber conseguido todo lo que he podido.

  Elena Kagan

  Regret, Believe, Achieve

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• Suppose a State said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?

  Elena Kagan

  Pareja, Gay, Pensamiento

  Elena Kagan during Supreme Court Arguments on California Gay Marriage Ban, www.npr.org. March 26, 2013.

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• There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

  Elena Kagan

  Sexo

  "Senate confirms Elena Kagan, as same-sex marriage debate looms" by Sal Gentile, www.pbs.org. August 5, 2010.

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• The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

  Elena Kagan

  Responsabilidad, Derechos, Gobierno

  Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the USSC Justice Confirmation Hearings, delivered 28 June 2010

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• Perhaps most important, judges will have goals. And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order to promote certain ethical values and achieve certain social ends. Such activity is not necessarily wrong or invalid.

  Elena Kagan

  Order, Law, Goal

  "Kagan's thesis hints at her views" by Josh Gerstein, www.politico.com. May 18, 2010.

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• It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

  Elena Kagan

  Girl, Growing Up, Smart

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• Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant!

  Elena Kagan

  Chinese, Restaurants, Jew

  "Networks Paint 'Trailblazer' Kagan as Hilarious Wit Who 'Can Take a Punch'". www.newsbusters.org. June 30, 2010.

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• Tengo una deuda de gratitud con otras dos juezas vivas. Sandra Day O'Connor y Ruth Bader Ginsburg me allanaron el camino a mí y a tantas otras mujeres de mi generación. Sus vidas pioneras han creado posibilidades ilimitadas para las mujeres en el Derecho. Les doy las gracias por su inspiración y también por la amabilidad personal que me han demostrado.

  Elena Kagan

  Gratitude, Kindness, Inspiration

  Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the USSC Justice Confirmation Hearings, delivered 28 June 2010

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• American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.

  Elena Kagan

  Lying, Worst Enemy, Unity

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• It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.

  Elena Kagan

  Views, Two, Political

  "Elena Kagan Under Fire From Republicans". Reuters, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2010.

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• And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.

  Elena Kagan

  Jobs, Knows, Irrelevant

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• Cuando el Senado deja de entablar con los candidatos un debate significativo sobre cuestiones jurídicas, el proceso de confirmación adquiere un aire de vacuidad y farsa, y el Senado se vuelve incapaz de evaluar a los candidatos o de educar adecuadamente al público.

  Elena Kagan

  Meaningful, Air, Issues

  "Panel on Obama's Nomination of Elena Kagan to Replace Justice Stevens on Supreme Court". "Special Report With Bret Baier", www.foxnews.com. May 10, 2010.

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• What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.

  Elena Kagan

  Views, Political, Matter

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• In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States. Americans are more likely to speak of a golden past than of a golden future, of capitalism's glories than of socialism's greatness.

  Elena Kagan

  Greatness, Past, Golden

  "Komrade Kagan" by Mark Alexander, patriotpost.us. May 13, 2010.

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• I think people are great in many different ways. So, I think some justices are great because they have extraordinary wisdom, they have an understanding of how to apply the law in their times in a way that's completely consistent with the text of the law and the purposes of the law, and in a way that's completely right for the times in which they live in.

  Elena Kagan

  Pensamiento, Derecho, Personas

  C-Span Interview, www.c-span.org. December 09, 2010.

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• I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.

  Elena Kagan

  Thinking, Justice, Clerks

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• Tener la oportunidad de dirigir la oficina del Fiscal General es el honor de mi vida. Como saben, se trata de una oficina con una larga y rica tradición, no sólo de extraordinaria capacidad jurídica, sino también de extraordinaria profesionalidad e integridad. Esto se debe, en gran medida, a las personas que la han dirigido.

  Elena Kagan

  Integrity, Opportunity, Skills

  "Nominations For Associate Attorney General And Solicitor General". Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, votesmart.org. February 10, 2009.

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• Creo que si hay posiciones que no se pueden discutir... entonces la responsabilidad probablemente sea dimitir. Si la propia conciencia se opone a los requisitos y responsabilidades del trabajo, entonces es el momento de dejarlo.

  Elena Kagan

  Jobs, Responsibility, Thinking

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• It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States.

  Elena Kagan

  Jobs, People, Balance

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• I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions.

  Elena Kagan

  President, Administration, Serious

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• In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done.

  Elena Kagan

  Self, Law, Campaign Finance

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• If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.

  Elena Kagan

  Decision, Principles, Constitution

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