If I Had Any Talent God Could

I Conceived Of Myself In Large Part As A Teacher. There Wasn't A Great Understanding Of Gender Discrimination. People Knew That Race Discrimination Was An Odious Thing, But There Were Many Who Thought That All The Gender-based Differentials In The Law Operated Benignly In Women's Favor. So My Objective Was To Take The Court Step By Step To The Realization, In Justice Brennan's Words, That The Pedestal On Which Some Thought Women Were Standing All Too Often Turned Out To Be A Cage.

We Should Learn ... To Do Our Best For The Sake Of Our Communities And For The Sake Of Those For Whom We Pave The Way.

A Prime Part Of The History Of Our Constitution Is The Story Of The Extension Of Constitutional Rights To People Once Ignored Or Excluded.

People Who Have Been Hardworking, Tax Paying, Those People Ought To Be Given An Opportunity To Be On A Track That Leads Towards Citizenship And If That Happened, Then They Wouldn't Be Prey To The Employers Who Say We Want You Because We Know That You Work For A Salary We Could Not Lawfully Pay Anyone Else.

If There Was One Decision I Would Overrule, It Would Be Citizens United. 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.