The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.

I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.

We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.

Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.

It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.

My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.