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.

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

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

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.

I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!

Money is the poor people's credit card.

I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.

If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?

The other night, the president gave a speech. He said, "children are our most prescious natural resource". I thought, "let's hope it never comes to that".

Poor people have sh*tty lobbyists.

She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.

Surfing frees everything up. It's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress free, and that's what surfing is all about.

Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.