I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.

Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.

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

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about

I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.