Hang Down Your Head, John Roberts

This is the opening line in the New York Review of Books article about Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts:

John Roberts: The Nominee

The most intriguing question about John Roberts is what led him as a young person whose success in life was virtually assured by family wealth and academic achievement to enlist in a political campaign designed to deny opportunities for success to those who lacked his advantages.

John F. Kennedy, Democrat:

For of those to whom much is given, much is required.