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

Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.

Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.

I think our system is being polluted by money.

Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.

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.

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

The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.

To achieve something you have never achieved before you must become someone you have never been.

Don’t even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible

Don’t conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.

Life is so short, so beautiful. Don’t be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Do something you’re very passionate about, and don’t try to chase what is kind of the “hot passion” of the day.

People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.