The right of every person "to be let alone" must be placed in the scales with the right of others to communicate.

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet...to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.

The notion that most people want black-robed judges, well-dressed lawyers and fine-paneled courtrooms as the setting to resolve their disputes is not correct. People with problems, like people with pains, want relief, and they want it as quickly and inexpensively as possible.

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.

The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

The president's need for complete candor and objectivity from advisers calls for great deference from the courts.