There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.

We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological need to satisfy reasonable expectations.

Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.

While it is not always profitable to analogize "fact" to "fiction," La Fontaine's fable of the crow, the cheese, and the fox demonstrates that there is a substantial difference between holding a piece of cheese in the beak and putting it in the stomach.

There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.