I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.