"I love to teach. I mean, that's what I did for many years. And I found it enormously satisfying to see students grow."

"Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."

"I wish there was a way I could wave a magic wand and put back when people were respectful of each other and the Congress was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines."

"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 think that the law should reflect the changing times. It shouldn't be static."