"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something."

"Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability."

"Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions."

"The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender."

"Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free."

"In time, foods such as hamburgers and ice cream became more than just meals. They became part of American history and culture, touchstones that are almost immediately nostalgic and sentimental no matter how old you are or what part of the country you are from."