My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote.

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 have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like.

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.

I think people know very little, really, about the court, how it works and its history. And both of those things are important in our country, but they're not things that most citizens know much about.

I think most people didn't want to do court duty.