My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.

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

My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's decision is.

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.

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.

Dissents speak to a future age.