We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As a state court judge, it never would have occurred to me to do so, and when I got to the Supreme Court, it was very much the same. We just didn't do it.

Suppose you had a cross burning in a play or a movie... Would that be intimidating?

In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called upon to decide. It provides the stability and continuity for the rule of law.

Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.