304 Quotes by John Roberts

We feel like we want to get as far as we can. We just want to keep getting better. We do feel like if we play to our best ability, that we can play with anyone.

No, I don't think there is. Sometimes it's hard to give meaning to a constitutional term in a particular case. But you don't look to your own values and beliefs. You look outside yourself to other sources. This is the basis for ? you know, judges wear black robes because it doesn't matter who they are as individuals. That's not going to shape their decision. It's their understanding of the law that will shape their decision.

been able to make progress in the area of rights, and not had just empty paper promises.

You do want to understand and appreciate the views of the loved ones,

On the other hand, simple disagreement about whether it's an appropriate issue for the public to see would not strike me as a very compelling governmental interest,

be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans.

honored and humbled at the confidence that the president has shown in me. And I am very much aware that if I am confirmed I would succeed a man I deeply respect and admire, a man who has been very kind to me for 25 years.

I would resist the suggestion that I'm racially insensitive, ... I know why the phrase, 'Equal Justice Under Law' is carved in marble above the Supreme Court entrance.

If ever a cause needed public support, this is it,