We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.

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.

I can very well understand your frustration, but you must stick to your dreams. Try Harder!

It is one of the poignant anxieties of the thinker that he sees the shadow resting on the human soul, and that he gropes in darkness without being able to awaken that slumbering Progress.

I already have insurance, a religion, and a newspaper subscription... I'm also... not interested in... aggressive sales of cats...

I'm having a great time. I get to travel and see the world. And yeah, I'll have a family, because I don't want to miss out on that amazing experience, but it's not defining who I am.

You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.'

Ill fares the State where many masters rule; let one be lord, one king supreme.

Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy.

I believe in analysis and not forecasting.

Short answers seem like you don't care even if you are trying to answer. I get the same flack for my short texting.

Armenag Saroyan. A good man of whom the worst that anybody was willing to say, was that he was too good for this world.