We might have new issues involving information technology for example, or new questions arising out of the war on terror, or new issues arising from natural disasters that can't be anticipated.

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.

There are many things in this unhappy world we cannot alter. We must learn to live with our lot and find peace with ourselves.

[T]his is an enemy for life, as well as an enemy of life.

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

Humans are made from nuclear ash of dead stars

Every prayer is an agreement with yourself.

My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly.

Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.

Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that's been missing.

We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we should not be processing those further.