Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with…

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Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in...

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in...

The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so...

The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so...

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You...

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You...

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System...

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System...

There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep....

There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep....

I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can...

I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can...

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails,...

For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails,...

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the...

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the...

They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not...

They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not...

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The...

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The...

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or...

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or...

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words...

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words...

I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I...

I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I...

I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the...

I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the...

The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning...

The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning...

The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one...

The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one...

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.