The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives.

The judges of England have rarely been original thinkers or great jurists. Many have been craftsmen rather than creators.

The most important thing for a judge is - curiously enough - judgment.

A big name or a big designation doesn't make a man big but responsibilities do.

What is Hell like?" I blurted out before I could stop myself. Damn my curiosity. "You've never been there?" He eyed me suspiciously. Yeah, I went to Hell every summer for vacation.

After the fire died down, what remained were two charred hearts, that once beat as one.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.

All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are....Ten seconds of silence.

Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance.

Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.

I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.

There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!