The President [Barack Obama] had suggested that I not watch the news during the confirmation process. I assiduously followed his advice.

I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

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

I am growing to love DC.This [Washington] is a beautiful city. I think every citizen should come see their capital. A lot of the museums are free, there are restaurants that are reasonably priced.

We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.

Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.