"I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory."

"I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful."

"I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out."

"I can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay."

"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."

"If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"During my time as a judge, as a justice, and as attorney general, I've had one overarching goal, and that is a strict interpretation and application of the laws and the Constitution. I would be Madisonian."