So now the perception is, yes, women are here to stay. And when I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.

Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity.

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.

Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.