When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

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.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

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.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.

Nobody can change who you are, except for you.

Since the Bible is God’s Word, we shouldn’t be surprised if Satan tries to convince us otherwise.

Some things you jes' know Doll, and that's one I'd bet the farm on.

Finishing work makes you a man, finishing difficult work makes you a hero.

They want to be natural, the anti-social little beasts. They just don't realize that everyone's good depends on everyone's cooperation.

In the end it doesn't matter what you do.

People don't realize that I started in musical theater. That's where my roots are.

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I got to sing it right.