“You can disagree without being disagreeable.”

Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

An operatic voice is like no other.

As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.

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.

I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.

If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.

So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.

Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.

My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?

So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.

The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.

In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That’s what I look for.

The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one – America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That’s what I look for.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison’ it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

You’re allowed to disagree. You’re allowed to live differently. You’re allowed to struggle publicly, but I’m also allowed to NOT struggle publicly.