What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it

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 no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant

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.

But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions