It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes.

While Congress saw some need to loosen the standard in the initial days of a war, it wanted the president to comply with FISA in carrying out surveillance in the United States.

I'm making tapes for insomniacs to use in the future. I'm going to sell them as a kit to cure insomnia.

There's nothing more dangerous than a place that doesn't exist.

There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist... If he swings, it will be from right to far right.

Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.

My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.

The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.

Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify.

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books.

That's what we Americans do when we find a place that's really special. We go there and act exactly like ourselves. And we are a bunch of fun-loving dopes.