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.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible [to apply].

[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides.

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

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.

[I]n constitutional adjudication some steps, which when taken were thought to approach 'the verge,' have become the platform for yet further steps. A certain momentum develops in constitutional theory and it can be a 'downhill thrust' easily set in motion but difficult to retard or stop.