Justice Antonin Scalia: In his own words

Conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday, was renowned for his biting wit, sarcasm and cutting humour - in daily life, as well as in his rulings.

"I respect the people who have them, but I think those views are just flat out wrong." - to CBS News, 2008

"Get over it."- on numerous occasions

"Never compromise your principles, unless of course your principles are Adolf Hitler's, in which case you would be well advised to compromise them as much as you can."- in a speech at his granddaughter's graduation, 2015

"I love to argue. I've always loved to argue. And I love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. It may well be that I'm something of a shin kicker. It may well be that I'm something of a contrarian." - to CBS News, 2008

"A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man." - in an interview with Charlie Rose, 2012

"What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?" - in a speech to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005

"I do not like scruffy people who burn the American flag, [but] regrettably, the First Amendment gives them the right to do that." - in a speech to the Lewis & Clark Law College, 2002

"Sometimes people come up to me and inquire, 'Justice Scalia, when did you first become an originalist?' As though it's some weird affliction, you know, 'When did you start eating human flesh?' " - in a speech at Oxford University, reported by CBS in 2008

"If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you're not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you're probably doing something wrong." - in a speech at Chapman Law School in 2005

"The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches." - in a speech at the Juilliard School in 2005