We, the People of this country, have no unalienable rights... all our rights are subject to modification... the Constitution of the United States of America is nothing more than a piece of paper and... our government should not be restrained by the Constitution because our government can do good things for people.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor.

The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.

There are many levels of truth.

I've written important articles on prevention, on the concept of the preventive state, how the law is moving much more in an area of trying to prevent wrongs than trying to deal with them after they occur. That will be my academic/intellectual legacy.

The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.'