Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.

Whether ours shall be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people.

I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home.

Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.

... true civil disobedience ... compels the state to resort to power.

A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues.

As a Christian your future is secure.

How we feel with someone—if they improve our mood or cause our heart to sink—can determine the health of the relationship. How do you feel around them? It's a simple measurement tool.

I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.

In California, I guess you belong to the state; you don't even belong to your parents. It's an old Spanish law. It doesn't require your parents to swear out a complaint; anybody can.

I'm still digesting the '90s. It takes some time to get perspective.

There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.

What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? . . . First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information.

Take your vitamins. Don't drink vodka. Get used to empire waistlines.

After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.