Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.

Death is not only an unusually severe punishment, unusual in its pain, in its finality and in its enormity, but is serves no penal purpose more effectively than a less severe punishment.

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some cases upon defendants who are actually innocent.

We cannot let colorblindness become myopia which masks the reality that many "created equal" have been treated within our lifetimes as inferior both by the law and by their fellow citizens.

After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary.

The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.

Journal writing is a wonderful pathway to self-awareness.

The study of man is the study of his extensions.

Evening fashions have to be fabulous.Don't be just better...be the BEST.

As a Test cricketer you expect that at times you're going to be heckled, and you must have a thick skin.

If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm with them forces me to be in the moment.

Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.

Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it.

Until a man can quit talking loudly to himself in order to shout down the memories of blunderings and gropings, he is in no shape for the painstaking examination of distress.

Watching kids go from the age of 9 and 10 to 13 is a big, huge jump. The way they speak, their looks, their attitudes, everything changes as you go from being a little kid to a teenager.

If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.