"What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court."

Court, Listening

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"What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court."

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"What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court."

Court, Listening

"I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that."

Conscience,

"During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive."

Education, Positive

"But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about."

People, End, Gender

"What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it."

Power, People, Authority, Fact

"One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now."

Being, Law, Now, School

"But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities."

Woman, Women, Work, Heart

"Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects."

Sex, Talk, Talking, Want

"We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice."

History, Court, Gender, Justice

"The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life."

Experience, Life

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"Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day."

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"I didn't attend any of the court proceedings."

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"This is a man who graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in three years, editor of the Harvard Law Review, argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court."

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"If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him."

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