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There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past.

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

Changing my name was traumatic for me.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.

I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.

My name is more important than myself.

I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation.

One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.