“He saw the Constitution as the vehicle to keep ecumenical passions in check.”

“Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge.”

“Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.”

“He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.”

“He denounced self-pity and pitied himself.”

“The result always mattered more than the rhetoric.”

“They ran their heads very hard against wrong ideas, and persisted in trying to fit the circumstances to the ideas instead of trying to extract ideas from the circumstances.”

“Do you want to change?" "It's the only evidence of life.”

“At the street corner, a one-storey house built of freestone, but repulsively decrepit and filthy, seemed to command the entrance, like a gaol. And here, indeed, lived La Mchain, like a vigilant pro...”

“Insight is the deep intuitive understanding of things, and it often breaks through the conventional wisdom.”

“Dont accept any knowledge or conventional wisdom without critically questioning it first.”

“When it comes to anniversaries, the publishing industry usually resembles distant relatives, readiest with gifts that are redundant or farcical.”

“If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good.”

“If you want to get good in Leadership, you probably should start reading the bible.”

“I dont see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”