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.

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.

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

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.

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.

We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all - are encountering extraordinary challenges, ... But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges.