“A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.”

I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

I’m not very good at promotion.

When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.

If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.

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.

As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.

I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.

Masked, I advance.

You can’t say civilization don’t advance, in every war they kill you in a new way.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.