There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.

The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society.

So how as a nation can we sit around and eat Mexican food, and drink beer and make friends? That's the question. If we can do that on a broader scale, I think we'll come out of it all right.

The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue.

I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.

Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.