“I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.”

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

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.

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.

We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere common places of existence.

It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.