...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.

The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom.

Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. It’s pretty simple.

If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.

A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.