The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.

Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it.

[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment is best informed and, therefore, most dependable within narrow limits.

Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law.

Let's create a legal system that can work.

I do think there's a lot more we can do on the life agenda.

We are at our best when we help the weakest. The weak make us strong.