Whether ours shall be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people.

Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.

I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home.

Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.

... true civil disobedience ... compels the state to resort to power.

A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues.

They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.

Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view.

I think any man over 250 pounds rollerblading is instant hilarity. There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.

No love is Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves' boundaries.

The word enchant comes from the Latin 'incantare', meaning to sing or chant magical words or sounds.

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.