John Roberts Quotes
While I'm happy to talk about the importance of precedent, I don't think I should get into the application of those principles in a particular area. 
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I tend to take a more practical and pragmatic approach to things, rather than a theoretical or ideological approach... But I do think when it gets into an area where the correctness or incorrectness or my agreement or disagreement with a particular precedent is in an area that is likely to come before the court or could well come before the court, I do have to draw the line there. ... My views on the cases that I think are not likely to come before the court, I'm perfectly willing to discuss.
- John Roberts
of affirmative action, yes, I was in an administration that was
opposed to quotas. Opposition to quotas is not the same thing
as opposition to affirmative action. - John Roberts