You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty