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The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.

The presidency is not an office job.

When it imposes expensive regulatory mandates on the private sector, Congress often acts on the basis of interest-group pressures, anecdotes, and the emotions of the moment. The executive branch is hardly perfect, but it is far less likely to do that.

Executive power in any nation arguably has more in common with executive power in another country than with the citizens it should serve.

For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.

The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly.

Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything.