We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good 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.

In my mind I lead a phantom's life. My neighbor makes me real.

Our hair points to the sky, the place we'd rather be....

Faith declares what the senses do not see but not the contrary of what they see.

I found out everybody's different--the same kind of different as me. We're all just regular folks walkin down the road God done set in front of us.

Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.

A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.

I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do.

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.