What is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words. When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through.

Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

We must dissent from the fear.

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

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

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

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.