At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide political matters.

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.

[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.

[Jane] Roe has made it not only possible, but has found it constitutional to kill a whole class of people, simply because of their genetic make-up.

Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.

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