A dog doesn't want very much and is happy with that. A cat doesn't know what he wants and wants more of it.

I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit.

I think most folks are good folks.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.