It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear.

Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.

Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people. We're bound to be "anti-majoritarian."

The courts are an easy scapegoat because at a time when everything has to boiled down to easy slogans, we speak in subtleties.

Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.

We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa or the Soviet Union.

I like who I am when I'm with her. And I hope that she feels the same way. If she doesn't, we shouldn't be together, no matter how I feel about it.

Conventional wisdom won't provide continual growth.

Because I'm always away, coming home to a clean house means a lot to me. Trust me, I've lived with a lot of roommates, and straight guys are just kids who don't pick up after themselves.

I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.

Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law.

He stripped off the armor of institutional friendships To dedictate his soul To the terrible deities of Truth and Beauty.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.

[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.