When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.

If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer?

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

There are no bystanders in this life.