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

Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.

Whatever community organization, whether it's a women's organization, or fighting for racial justice ... you will get satisfaction out of doing something to give back to the community that you never get in any other way.

My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge.