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Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law. He must be faithful to the Constitution and statutes passed by Congress. Fidelity to the Constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my life and the hallmark of the kind of judge I have tried to be.

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge... stretching for results he prefers rather than those the law demands.

I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.

For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

I believe I am an honorable man.