Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states required men to have certain weapons and they specified in the law what weapons these people had to keep in their home so that when they were called to do service as militiamen, they would have them. That was the entire purpose of the Second Amendment.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

The impact of all these restrictions is on poor women, because women who have means, if their state doesn't provide access, another state does. ... It makes no sense as a national policy to promote birth only among poor people.

A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.