I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate.

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 know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.

We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.

If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

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

I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.