To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other.

Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public.

At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.

You would think that the U.S. government would not think that American firms needed subsidizing to function in developing countries, provide advice, but they do.

We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.

As a newcomer to America who learned to 'speak American' by watching movies, I firmly believe that to change the politics of immigration and citizenship, we must change culture - the way we portray undocumented people like me and our role in society.