At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without implicating the Fourth Amendment.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.

In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble.