The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

This chance will stand before you only once.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.

There's just something sexy about feeling strong.

Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives.

Each human spirit is immortalfor time cannot destroy

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

God is seen as a male whose first creation was another man, Adam, whom we are told was made in his image and likeness.

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.

God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair.

Do you know out of what the German Empire arose? Out of dreams, songs, fantasies and black-red-gold ribbons? Bismarck merely shook the tree that fantasies had planted.