"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

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"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

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"With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects."

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"I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights."

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"I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences."

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"Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging."

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