Tom Killalea

“Constitutional democracy is based on two simultaneous but competing principles: a commitment to the will of the majority and a commitment to limit the potential excesses of the popular majority by recourse to a set of fundamental laws.”
― Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland

“Ireland is different from the other countries that introduced institutional change in the judicial selection system. Policy changed occurred quickly and without the debate that took place in other countries. Institutional change to judicial selection processes was introduced although there was little evidence of political commitment to such change. The trigger for institutional change was the need to find a solution to a political crisis that might prevent the coalition government from breaking up.”
― Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland

“I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing.”
― Sarah Manguso, Liars

“When women approached the uppermost ranks at their companies, skepticism about suitability for leadership suddenly came to the fore. Their performance wasn't typically in question, but their fit for leadership was.”
― Colleen Ammerman, Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work