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Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.

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.

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

Judges are appointed often through the political process.

I ain't got no right to judge someone.

Judges should interpret the law, not make it.

I think any good judge recognizes his or her place in our constitutional government, and that place is not to upset the will of the people as expressed through their elected representatives.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.