The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights.

We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative

I will vote my hopes and not my fears

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game

Bankruptcy is a serious decision that people have to make.

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

Even as we pour hundreds of billions of dollars into our efforts in the Middle East, there is much that needs to be done to win the war of ideas in the Muslim world and beyond

We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for seniors in the future as it is today.

A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

As the guardian of our rights, the Supreme Court makes decisions every year which either protect the individual or leave him at the mercy of more powerful forces in our society.

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.

All of creation expands and evolves.

Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.

Routine is not a prison, but the way into freedom from time.

If you believe the disappointments - if you believe the disappointments in the last few years are a detour and not our destiny, then I'm asking for your vote.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

Data without generalization is just gossip.

Seeing does not always believe.

One doesn't like to appear vulgarly inquisitive. But if everyone one knows has suddenly started murdering everyone else, it would be terribly nice to know about it.

You can't dance if you got too much muck in your head.