Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.

All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.

I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.

I have always been actively involved in my community, belonging to organizations that promote the interests of Latinos. But I also know that the issues we confront are the same issues, in many respects, as the larger community. So what we do helps not just us but everybody.

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.