The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968.

The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.

My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become.

It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.

Judges can receive gifts as long as they report them.

There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept.

Rehnquist was just reflecting his shifting role, from outsider to the institutional embodiment of the Court.

Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge.

He saw the Constitution as the vehicle to keep ecumenical passions in check.

Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.

He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.

Stories matter. They shape our lives, expectations, and dreams. They are the warp and weave of our human existence, binding us into a fabric far stronger than any individual element

I was sort of a half-breed of colonization, understanding everyone because I belonged completely to no one.

The reason the U.S. lags so badly is that we have obsolete rules that favor big over small, supply over efficiency, and incumbents over new market entrants.

Confronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety.

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

If there's five dudes on a song, probably three of them are only really good.

It is an open secret that Jews do not work, but rather let others work for them.

It's a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be spiritual people.

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.