If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.

Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?

We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.

I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.