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

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

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment

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

This understanding, underlying constitutional interpretation since the New Deal, reflects the Constitution's demands for structural flexibility sufficient to adapt substantive laws and institutions to rapidly changing social, economic, and technological conditions.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.