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Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

Democracy demands that judges confine themselves to a narrow sphere of influence - that is why the late Alexander Bickel called the judiciary the 'Least Dangerous Branch.' In a world governed by a proper conception of their role, judges don't play at being legislators - they leave that job to our elected representatives.

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.

The Court's primary duty, in short, is not to minimize its role or avoid friction with the political branches, but to try as best it can to get the Constitution right.

The Supreme Court needs jurists, not politicians.

No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution and laws of the Federal Government, as they are administered and as they affect the rights of the people.

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.

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

That government is best which governs least.

You have a good judicial system in the U.S., as you have learned from the Nixon-Watergate period.