We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

My own view, and I've said this many times, is as long as I can do the work full steam, I will stay on the Court. But when I feel myself slipping, when I slow down in my ability to write opinions with fair dispatch, when I forget the names of cases that I once could recite at the drop of a hat, I will know it is time for me to go.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great - says great things about our judicial system.