“I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.”

When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.

I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.

Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.

Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.

A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.

There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.

We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.

Be independent and be a lady.

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.

I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

This is not just an election on the issues. This is an election on the future of American democracy.

The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it.

Every now and then, it might be a good idea for Congress to listen to the American people, not just large corporations.

Democracy is an internal subject of the developing society.

For 244 years our democracy has worked and this is no exception.

It is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government: the ballot.

I don’t know how to live anymore. Sometimes it’s so hard.

Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.