In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.

If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.