The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior.... The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation.

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.

I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem. Your appeal is denied. This 40 year sentence just might teach you a lesson.