Quotes from Anthony Kennedy

A commitment to the Constitution is not something that's genetic. It's not inherited. It's not automatic. It has to be taught. And each generation must learn about the Constitution and the values of constitutional institutions within the context of their own time, within the environment of their own time.

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.

It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

A law imposing criminal penalties on protected speech is a stark example of speech suppression.