There’s nothing more important than our good health – that’s our principal capital asset.
We don’t need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.
I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win.
It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.
The extremists took over the primary process.
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.
No senator’s vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.
It’s inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.
I don’t like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.
The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don’t think it is the government’s rule.
I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.
Effective security measures do not come cheap.
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.
Big money is ruining the political system.