I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to ... turn my back on a great and noble heritage.

The words of the Constitution... are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they leave the individual Justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life.

I don’t like a man to be too efficient. He’s likely to be not human enough.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.