I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand.

If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

Continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

Big guy and little guy, it should make no difference. The rule of law demands neutrality.

That claim was not intended to be a factual statement.

Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

It is true that, when an entitlement begins to be enjoyed by people, they like to keep it.

It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

People have to be realistic, or the dream just drags on.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.

The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

It is very, very dangerous to come between a person and their beliefs.

There is a way up to the skies, up to the stars, up to the beyond, up the eternity. That way is creating a world where people can think and express their ideas freely! Seek no other way!

The outside lights were on, and it was snowing, and it looked like magic. Like we were somewhere else. Like we were someplace better.