[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

What is the quality of your intent?

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.