The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result.

The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue.

If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.

If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their children will probably follow.

(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.

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.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.