It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.

The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution.

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.

I can see you've done a lot of work, but you are off base here. If and when you get appointed to the Supreme Court you can write opinions as you choose.

After an American has been in a totalitarian country for several months, he is greatly relieved when he reaches home. He feels that bonds have been released and that he is free. He can speak above a whisper, and he walks relaxed and unguarded as though he were no longer being followed. After a recent trip I said to a neighbor, "It's wonderful to be back in a nation where even a riot may be tolerated."

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?