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

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

I finally gave up my little law practice and stayed home for about three years. You have to do what you can to keep the family going. But I wanted to get back to work. So I got another babysitter and went to work as an Assistant Attorney General.

A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.

I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

It's hard to have little children and a job and career at the same time. There is no time left for you as a woman.