There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all - are encountering extraordinary challenges, ... But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges.

In my view, if the Court had properly interpreted the Second Amendment, the Court would have said that Amendment was very important when the nation was new, it gave a qualified right to keep and bear arms but it was for one purpose only, and that was the purpose of having militiamen who were able to fight to preserve the nation.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.

You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.

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.