Competition is good and has served us well.

I don't think a judge should be too much involved in outside activities.

The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.

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 think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this country aren't as frustrated as they are in some of these places in Eastern Europe and don't resort to violent revolution.

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.

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.