"One of the things that I'm proudest of is that I was a law professor and I taught at Rutgers and at Columbia, and I was able to show young women that they could be lawyers too."

"The greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view."

"The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people."

"My dear spouse, Marty, was a truly extraordinary person. Of all the people I have known, he was the only one who was not in the least bit bothered by the success of his wife."

"I am ever hopeful that if the court has a blind spot today, its eyes will be open tomorrow."