David Souter Quotes

1939–2025 United States

David Hackett Souter (September 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from October 1990 until his retirement in June 2009.

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Whatever court we are in, whatever we are doing, whether we are in a trial court or an appellate court, at the end of our task some human being is going to be affected.

"Democracy works "only if the people have faith in those who govern, and that faith is bound to be shattered when high officials and their appointees engage in activities which arouse suspicions of malfeasance and corruption."

Opinion of the Court, Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, 528 U.S. 377 (2000)

I think the case is so strong that I can tell you the day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Souter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.