The U.S. is blessed with tremendously creative and imaginative law students at places like Chicago, Harvard, Columbia and Yale.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

There is no liberty without dependency. That is why we should celebrate tax day.

I'll tell you an explanation that I find commonly overrated and speculative in the extreme: the idea that things that succeed in popular culture do that because they hit the temper of the times.

There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft

Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.

Once we know that people are human and have some Homer Simpson in them, then there's a lot that can be done to manipulate them.

A program that saves young people produces more welfare than one that saves old people.

Somewhat more broadly, I will suggest that animals should be permitted to bring suit, with human beings as their representatives, to prevent violations of current law.

how you love yourself ishow you teach othersto love you

The portal of healing and creativity always takes us into the realm of the spirit.

I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam.

We're the tortoise that has outrun the hare because it chose the easy predictions.

The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.

To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself.

I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means.

Boredom is my worst enemy. It's killed a lot of my friends, but it won't get me. When I get bored, I go risk my life somewhere.

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.