I used to say that, as Solicitor General, I made three arguments in every case. First came the one I had planned - as I thought, logical, coherent, complete. Second was the one actually presented - interrupted, incoherent, disjointed, disappointing. The third was the utterly devastating argument that I thought of after going to bed that night:

Often his name was, in a generation or two, forgotten. It was from this brotherhood that America has drawn its statesmen and its judges. A free and self-govern…

On your first appearance before the Court, do not waste your time and ours telling us so. We are likely to discover for ourselves that you are a novice but wil…

He loved his profession, he had a real sense of dedication to the administration of justice, he held his head high as a lawyer, he rendered and exacted courtes…