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

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives' course no less than men are.

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

I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, I will have the strength and the courage to remain constant in the service of that demand.

I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.