You can't dream unless you know what the possibilities are.

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

To the extent that the parents who send their children to these [Catholic] schools are parents like my own, who actually have faith in the church. Faith that it will provide their children with safety, a decent education and values about life and others. This is an institution that stands for all good in the world.

Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.

If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out fairly, I can live with the results, whatever they may be.

I think there's a large segment of the mainland population that does not really understand the number of territories that are part of the United States.