Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.

I became the messenger who had to be killed

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

I have - often say to people that you really don't get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they're going to interpret that and what it means to them.