There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

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

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

. . . But experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is instirring within us the will to aspire. That will, wherever it finally leads, does at least move you forward. And after a time you may recognize That the proper measure of success is not how much you've closed the distance to some far-off goal but the quality of what you've done today.