Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.

We must dissent from the fear.

The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.