Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.

how many times would a defendant's lawyer enter the courtroom before a session and ask each of the male clerks and paralegals around me, 'Are you the assistant in charge?' while I sat there invisible to him at the head of the table?

I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can. And I visit with community as frequently as possible, given the demands on me. I meet with kids. I meet with adults. I try to spend time and to listen to people talk about their lives.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.