The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a society where belief in our governments and in the strength of our institutions is declining.

Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.

It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues that can rip the social fabric apart ... The courts are a safety valve without which no democratic society can survive.

Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it.... That does not fit my definition of a good tenant. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago.

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.