Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
I know she loves this country. She knows I love this country. We know we’re coming at it from the right place internally.
— Justice Neil Gorsuch, in comments given during an appearance at the Reagan Civility and Democracy Forum, where he explained to the audience that he Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s “good intentions,” even though they fundamentally disagree on the law. Gorsuch went on to note that he believed that our democracy is “fragile,” and that civility is needed to keep it safe. “We are all in it together,” he said. “And if we don’t stay all in it together, it will crumble.”
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