I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given.

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.

I suspect that over time we will rely increasingly, or take notice at least increasingly, on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues. [Doing so] may not only enrich our own country's decisions, I think it may create that all important good impression.

A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.