None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What's shaking, chiefy baby?

I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.