The Federalist Society has done more for the health of the law than any organization I have witnessed in my career.

There can be no doubt that the systematic hostility of the courts to religion has lowered the prestige of religion in the public mind.

No church that panders to the zeitgeist deserves respect, and very shortly it will not get respect, except from those who find it politically useful, and that is less respect than disguised contempt.

The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law and not his personal values. That is why the American public accepts the decisions of its courts, accepts even decisions that nullify the laws a majority of the electorate or their representatives voted for.

Our country is being radically altered, step by step, by Justices who are not following any law.

As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we once would have [the] constriction of our liberties that would have been utterly intolerable a mere half century ago.

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge.