Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

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.

The old days are dead and gone days. For what I did in the past I have been punished. I have been cured.

Certainly children are being encouraged far more than they were seventy-five years ago and are more accepted as they are.

I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth.

Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

Love--that divine fire which was made to light and warm the temple of home--sometimes burns at unholy altars.

A nuclear armed Iran makes the world less safe, less stable, less secure.

Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

From being a waiter, to a door-to-door salesman, to a car-washer, to a delivery boy - I have done it all.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.