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

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.

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

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

The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.

Dissents speak to a future age.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.