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Carte Quotes

Quotes on total freedom and its risks.

These carte quotes revolve around the phrase carte blanche — complete, unrestricted freedom — used in a judge's obvious rulings from the bench, in foreign policy toward Israel, and as a warning about giving an artist too much unchecked Ability.

I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.

Quotes by Patsy Kensit

No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise...

Quotes by Michael Scheuer

Sometimes I don't even deliberate. I just decide from the bench, it's so obvious. The beautiful part is that I have carte blanche.

Quotes by Joseph Wapner

The Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.

Quotes by John Kennedy

Abandon Quotes

I am not going to approve the home-screening format for my film just carte blanche in lieu of a theatrical screening when I cannot trust that it will ever be seen in the format that it's intended to be.

Quotes by Jeff Nichols

I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire.

Quotes by David Ginola

It's an uphill battle to help our kids learn to make good food decisions - particularly when they are too often presented with an a la carte lunch room choice of french fries or yogurt.

Quotes by Amy Klobuchar

If you give me carte blanche for any destruction and any revolutionary transformations, if that is what you want, then for God's sake, we will do it. The issue is not me: the issue is society.

Quotes by Alexander Lukashenko

Never give an artist like me carte blanche: he would think it's simply toilet paper.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'carte blanche' mean in these quotes?
It means complete, unrestricted freedom to act — one speaker uses it to describe deciding obvious cases from the bench without needing to deliberate at all.
Is there a quote about carte blanche in foreign policy?
Yes — one discusses the perception that Israel has effectively been given carte blanche, questioning whether that dynamic is really as accurate as it seems.
What warning does one quote give about artists and carte blanche?
It warns that giving an artist unchecked carte blanche risks them treating that freedom carelessly, comparing the result to simple toilet paper.
What does the 'a la carte menu' quote argue about rights?
It argues the Bill of Rights isn't something to be applied selectively, rejecting the idea that people or institutions can pick and choose which rights to honor.
How do these carte quotes connect judicial, political, and constitutional ideas?
Each uses the same French-derived language of unrestricted choice to examine a different kind of power, from courtrooms to diplomacy to constitutional law. See our Ability quotes for related themes of freedom and limits.

One quote flips the phrase entirely, arguing the Bill of Rights isn't an a la carte menu you can pick from selectively. For related themes of limits and restraint, see our Battle quotes.