My father was brought to this country as an infant. He lost his mother as a teenager. He grew up in poverty.Although he graduated at the top of his high school class, he had no money for college. And he was set to work in a factory but, at the last minute, a kind person in the Trenton area arranged for him to receive a $50 scholarship and that was enough in those days for him to pay the tuition at a local college and buy one used suit. And that made the difference between his working in a factory and going to college.

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.

The most important quality for a judge is open- mindedness to the arguments.

Part of me wanted to get a graduate degree in political science. Had I done that, I suppose I would have become a college professor.