The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud.

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

The right to privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.

If there is any truth to the old proverb that "one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client," the Court now bestows a constitutional right on one to make a fool of himself.

A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that god prefers some

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

If [a United States Supreme Court Justice is] in the doghouse with the Chief [Justice], he gets the crud. He gets the tax cases.

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

The spirit of service is the heart of humanity.

Any woman of virtue won't be easy to come by. She will make you jump over hurdles to reach her.

Marriage isn't about a collection of scenes over ten years of two people telling each other that they love each other. It's about commitment.

A dream is what you would like your life to become. A goal is what you are truly willing to do to achieve what you really want.

We're going to have strong borders. People are going to come into the country, but they're going to come legally. We're going to keep our jobs and not let them go to Mexico.

The smallest oceans still make big big waves.

The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success.

But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end of one of the prison diaries, was education.

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

The people who wake up and jump out of bed with energy and enthusiasm are the people who will be smiling all day, go out of their way to help you, and call you by name.