It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

Suppose a State said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?

I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much as I could.

And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyone else will know what they are.

American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.

Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation of our democracy.

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.