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thank you. Thank you Mr. President. That was terribly nice. And believe me, I hold it right here. It's wonderful. And I thought about what I might say to you and I'd like to say something I enjoy is talking to high school students, Grammar school students, college students, even law school students. And and they'll come around and ask me what what what is the, what is it you find particularly meaningful about your job? What sort of gives you a thrill? And that's not such a tough question for me to answer. Uh it's the same thing. Day one almost up today. I don't know how many, but but the the what I say to them is look, I sit there on the bench and after we hear lots of cases and after a while, the impression it takes a while I have to admit. But the impression you get is, you know, as you well know this is a complicated country. There was more than 330 million people and my mother used to say it's every race, it's every religion and she would emphasize this and it's every point of view possible. And uh it's a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all those people in front of you, people that are so different in what they think. And yet they've decided to help solve their major differences under law. And when the students get too cynical, I say go, go look at what happens in countries that don't do that. And that's there. I can't take this around in my job. People have come to accept this constitution and they've come to accept the importance of the rule of law. And I want to make another point to them. I want to say, look, of course, people don't agree. But we have a country that is based on human rights, democracy and so forth. But I'll tell you what Lincoln thought, what Washington thought and what people today still think it's an experiment. It's an experiment. That's what they said. And Joanna paid each of our grandchildren a certain amount of money to memorize the Gettysburg address. And the reason the reason that that that what we want them to pick up there and what I want those students to pick up, if I can remember the first two lines, is that for four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought up, created upon this uh, here a new country, a country that was dedicated uh, to uh, liberty. And the proposition that all men are created equal, conceived in liberty. Those are his words and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. He meant women too. And we are now engaged in a great civil war to determine whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. See those are the words. I want to see an experiment. And that's what he thought. It's an experiment. And I found some letters that George Washington wrote where he said the same thing. It's an experiment that experiment existed then. Because even the liberals in europe, you know, they're looking over here and they say the great idea in principle, but it'll never work. But we'll show them. It does. That's what Washington thought and that's what Lincoln thought. And that's what people still think today. And I say, well I want you. And I'm talking to the students now. I said I want you to pick justice up. It's an experiment that's still going on. And I'll tell you something, you know, who will see whether that experiment works. It's you, my friend, it's you Mr high school students. It's you Mr college student that you mr law school students. It's us. But it's you it's that next generation. And the one after that my grandchildren and their Children, they'll determine whether the experiment still works. And of course I am an optimist. And I'm pretty sure it will. Does it surprise you that that's the thought that comes into my mind today, I don't know. But thank you
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Watch: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks after retirement announcement
President Joe Biden praised retiring Justice Stephen Breyer as a model public servant and promised a nominee by the end of February. Breyer joined Biden at the White House, a day after news broke of the 83-year-old바카라 게임 웹사이트s upcoming retirement.Breyer on Thursday formally notified Biden of his intent to retire at the end of this year's Supreme Court term in a letter released by the court. Breyer told Biden in a letter that he had decided to retire from the Supreme Court at the end of the term "assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed.""I enormously appreciate the privilege of serving as part of the federal judicial system -- nearly 14 years as a Court of Appeals Judge and nearly 28 years as a Member of the Supreme Court," he said and added that the work has been "challenging and meaningful."He said that his relations "with each of my colleagues have been warm and friendly" and that he has been aware "throughout" of the "great honor of participating as a judge in the effort to maintain our Constitution and the rule of law."In a brief speech that recounted historical figures from the nation's past, including Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, Breyer thanked the president, reflected on his time on the high court and expressed optimism about the future of the country."This is a complicated country. There are more than 330 million people, and my mother used to say it's every race, it's every religion -- and she would emphasize this -- and it's every point of view possible," Breyer said.He continued: "And it's a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all those people in front of you. People that are so different in what they think. And yet they've decided to help solve their major differences under law."Watch Breyer's White House remarks in the video player above.

President Joe Biden praised retiring Justice Stephen Breyer as a model public servant and promised a nominee by the end of February. Breyer joined Biden at the White House, a day after news broke of the 83-year-old바카라 게임 웹사이트s upcoming retirement.

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Breyer on Thursday formally notified Biden of his intent to retire at the end of this year's Supreme Court term in a letter released by the court. Breyer told Biden in a letter that he had decided to retire from the Supreme Court at the end of the term "assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed."

"I enormously appreciate the privilege of serving as part of the federal judicial system -- nearly 14 years as a Court of Appeals Judge and nearly 28 years as a Member of the Supreme Court," he said and added that the work has been "challenging and meaningful."

He said that his relations "with each of my colleagues have been warm and friendly" and that he has been aware "throughout" of the "great honor of participating as a judge in the effort to maintain our Constitution and the rule of law."

In a brief speech that recounted historical figures from the nation's past, including Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, Breyer thanked the president, reflected on his time on the high court and expressed optimism about the future of the country.

"This is a complicated country. There are more than 330 million people, and my mother used to say it's every race, it's every religion -- and she would emphasize this -- and it's every point of view possible," Breyer said.

He continued: "And it's a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all those people in front of you. People that are so different in what they think. And yet they've decided to help solve their major differences under law."

Watch Breyer's White House remarks in the video player above.