"It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution."

"Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half."

"My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote."

"It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself."

"Not without hope we suffer and we mourn."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"It is a enduring truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow."

"It is a enduring truth that a dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope — an essential principle for the reflective life."