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I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion.
The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.
The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.
Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.
If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.
It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.
You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea... →
Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn't go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things... →
In terms of having the American people look at the court and think of it as being fair and appropriate for our nation, it helps to have women... →
It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and... →
The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there... →
My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that... →
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