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

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.

[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]

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

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

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.