A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that god prefers some

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

The right to privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.

If there is any truth to the old proverb that "one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client," the Court now bestows a constitutional right on one to make a fool of himself.

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

If [a United States Supreme Court Justice is] in the doghouse with the Chief [Justice], he gets the crud. He gets the tax cases.

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitutions protection of privacy.

To have so little, and it of so little value, was to be quaintly free.

Of a sudden he felt that fraternity life was the only way to exist at college. How could he have doubted? (126)

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

What you are alone is what you are.

I won Michigan in a massive landslide. Remember, I beat Kasich. Remember, [John] Kasich was gonna win Michigan? There was only one problem.

I live alone so I always just eat out. When I'm in another relationship, then maybe we'll start cooking together.

... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

I don't go to the movies much anymore. There's very little that draws me. I watch mostly the older stuff, and I often don't sit through the new films.