Quotes from 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.

Sam Alito replacing Justice O'Connor was a very significant change. He is much more conservative. And, as for John Roberts, he is much more in the direction of protecting the rights of very rich people to donate money to campaigns than Bill Rehnquist ever was.

To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?

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.

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.

They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.

While money is used to finance speech, money is not speech.

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.

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

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

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