Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.

I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.

I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.

When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe for all - every gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, age, and ability.