Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “It is essential to women's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.”

A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecast, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.

If one more person like Justice Ginsburg or Justice Stevens were on the Court, one more person who understands what it is like for ordinary people living in the real world, then my case would have turned out differently.

Roe, I believe, would have been more acceptable as a judicial decision if it had not gone beyond a ruling on the extreme statute before the court.