It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

It is hostile to a democratic system to involve the judiciary in the politics of the people.

Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies he may challenge.

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.

Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.

One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero.