I learn from experience.

Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn't call it that back then. I learned I could never be idle, I need to be doing many things at once.

That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that.

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.