The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.

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.

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

Washington is the place where nobody believes a rumor until it has been officially denied.

I live now and only now, and I will do what I want to do this moment and not what I decided was best for me yesterday.

Illness is merely the bitter, which a wise Providence mingles in the cup of life.

There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.

Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.

Alan Rickman, who was mentored me a lot. He was very keen to offer his opinions on stuff. Not in a pretentious way. Not in a patronizing way.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.