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There are some in black robes sitting on federal benches all across this country. They're Democrats, Republicans, liberals, and even conservatives that pervert the Constitution.

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.

Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.

Practicing in the trial work trenches of the law, I saw, too, that when we judges don our robes, it doesn't make us any smarter, but it does serve as a reminder of what's expected of us: Impartiality and independence, collegiality and courage.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

I am not a fashionista, and I don't dress up. Usually if I'm at home, where I am now, I'm wearing a robe.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are.