I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.