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 a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.

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

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 think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.

The purpose prong of the Lemon test requires that a government activity have a secular purpose. That requirement is not satisfied, however, by the mere existence of some secular purpose, however dominated by religious purposes... The proper inquiry under the purpose prong of Lemon, I submit, is whether the government intends to convey a message of endorsement or disapproval of religion.

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