A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

This chance will stand before you only once.

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

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

When passion blends with profession it turns into a masterpiece...

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride!

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.

I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.

I have control issues. For sure, no question.

If people got hit on the head by a baseball bat every week, pretty soon they would invent reasons why getting hit on the head with a baseball bat was a good thing.

The American films just have so much more publicity and so much more money behind them that it's so hard to compete.

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

Government itself at length must fall To nature's state, where all have right to all.

We often hear a lot about subsidies, because it's often the powerful talking about the poor; the poor don't have enough voice to question the privileges.