I think that support of this [stem cell] research is a pro-life pro-family position. This research holds out hope for more than 100 million Americans.

I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency.

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line supporting his legitimate authority from the legislative branch's authority. Now, to me that's a very serious matter if we believe, as America's founders, did that the separation of powers - not just in theory or in textbook but in practice in the actual functioning of government - is the linchpin of limited government and liberty.

Chief Justice [John] Roberts compared judges to umpires, who apply rules they did not write and cannot change to the competition before them.