" The story is told of a speech Teddy Roosevelt was once giving, in which he was repeatedly heckled by an Irishman standing in the back, who kept shouting, “I’m a Democrat!” Teddy, who was pretty quick-witted, finally decided he would engage the fellow, so he asked, “Why are you a Democrat?” And the heckler replied, “My grandfather was a Democrat, my father was a Democrat, and I’m a Democrat!” “Well,” said Teddy, “if your grandfather was a jackass, and your father was a jackass, what would you be?” “A Republican,” came the reply. "

― Antonin Scalia , Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived