If that comes of this hearing, the hearing has been worth it all, that some people deserve a second chance when they misspeak.

I want the world to understand that America is not a bad place because we will hold al Qaeda members under a process that is fair, transparent, until they die.

I hope one day that there will be more women serving in elected official and judicial offices in the Mideast.

What would a woman's life be in their world if they can control a government or a part of the world? What do they have in store for women?

to deny a low-income woman Medicaid funding, taxpayer funds to have an abortion, if you deny her that, that's a form of slavery.

the speeches really do. I mean, the speech you gave to the ACLU about foreign law--was pretty disturbing.

there needs to be more women and minorities in the law to make a better America.

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A lot of us feel that the best way to change society is to go to the ballot box, elect someone...

You've got a judge who has been on a Circuit Court for a dozen years.

Russ Feingold and Lindsey Graham have reached the same conclusion.

It makes us stronger for us to give the mastermind of 9/11 his day in court, represented by counsel, and any verdict that comes his way will not be based on prejudice or passion or religious bigotry.

The reason these speeches matter and the reasons elections matter is because people now understand the role of the court in modern society when it comes to social change.

if our NATO allies, particularly the older ones, know they have--that there's a real threat, if there's any kind of attack, that we'll be there, that our resources, our soldiers, they're there.

I hope so.

The lack of unity and strategic focus could erode the alliance's willingness to defend the shared values that created NATO.

I think it is prudent, important, and imperative that the alliance think through on how to deal with that threat.