Antonin Scalia

I'm not a scientist. That's why I don't want to have to deal with global warming, to tell you the truth. ”

I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better reexamine my position!' I probably believe that the worst opinions in my court have been unanimous. Because there's nobody on the other side pointing out all the flaws. ”

I'm a law-and-order guy. I mean, I confess I'm a social conservative, but it does not affect my views on cases. ”

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. ”

Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive. ”

Because values change, legislatures abolish the death penalty, permit same-sex marriage if they want, abolish laws against homosexual conduct. That's how the change in a society occurs. Society doesn't change through a Constitution. ”

Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change. ”

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly. ”

Winning and losing, that's never been my objective. It's my hope that in the fullness of time, the majority of the court will come to see things as I do. ”

If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you're not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you're probably doing something wrong. ”