{"author":"Antonin Scalia","author_id":"Antonin+Scalia","total_quotes":20,"quotes":[{"text":"If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["good","constitution","want "],"id":15539,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"I do accept that, with - with respect to those vague terms in the Constitution such as equal protection of the laws, due process of law, cruel and unusual punishments. I fully accept that those things have to apply to new phenomena that didn't exist at the time.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["time","law","constitution "],"id":16255,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"A written constitution is needed to protect values AGAINST prevailing wisdom.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["assumptions","conventional-wisdom","heritage","history","prospective","timelessness"],"id":34072,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["words","meaning "],"id":44437,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["child","not perfect","perfect "],"id":49962,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["america","society","world "],"id":51008,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"Because values change, legislatures abolish the death penalty, permit same-sex marriage if they want, abolish laws against homosexual conduct. That's how the change in a society occurs. Society doesn't change through a Constitution.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["change","marriage","society "],"id":61556,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. It could be semaphore. And burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea - I hate the government, the government is unjust, whatever.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["hate","words","speech "],"id":81104,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["wise","conscience "],"id":142784,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My God! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the Devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the Devil! It's in the Gospels! You travel in circles that are so, so removed from mainstream America that you are appalled that anybody would believe in the Devil! Most of mankind has believed in the Devil, for all of history. Many more intelligent people than you or me have believed in the Devil.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["belief","satan","skepticism","spiritual-warfare"],"id":170638,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}