To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been motivated, in part, by good intentions cannot provide refuge from the principle that under our Constitution, the government may not make distinctions on the basis of race.

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

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

I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it.

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.

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it....[I]f followed to its logical extreme, [this approach] would result in an unwarranted expansion of federal power.