"I would like to be remembered as someone who used her talent for the reconstruction of society, a reconstructor of society to make it a little better than she found it."

"I try to be optimistic. I think that's the only way to get through life."

"Sometimes I’m writing a dissent, and I’m thinking, ‘This is not going to persuade anybody. But maybe it will persuade a future court.’ My dissents are often not aimed at my colleagues, but at the futu…"

"There will be enough women on the court when there are nine."

"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks."