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.

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.

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

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.

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

Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

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