When I was growing up, we always had a big family dinner at around noon on Sunday. I still love that whenever it is possible to gather the family together.

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

The most important quality for a judge is open- mindedness to the arguments.

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything has been considered.

If you want know what sort of a justice I would make, then look at what sort of a judge I have been.

In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.

Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.

I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.

I am Thorn, and I have come to make you bleed,

The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche.

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

Real success doesn't care how you get there.

No power can be maintained when it is only represented by hypocrites.

Either it is the fold of the infinite, or the constant folds [replis] of finitude which curve the outside and constitute the inside.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know about in a way that they can understand.

I sit with the intention to write a record.

If you're driving more than 50 mph through a neighborhood where the speed limit is 25 mph, I question whether you should keep your driver's license. You're a menace to society.