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If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.

I have a past of making a fool of myself.

I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.

The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice.

When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.

Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can make mistakes.

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.