We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed

I decided this early on at Justice: if the traditional way was the most effective way of doing something, then we'd maintain it. But if it was not functioning at optimum levels, we would be doing the country a disservice by continuing to do things "like we've always done them."

The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.

Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime

The transmission of values from one generation to the next is the single most important task of the society. ...What am I doing to shape the values of the society?

Our priorities should be: recognizing the voice of God and responding to the voice of God.