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My father took one of the toughest jobs in the government because he cared about his nation more than himself. His courage and conviction have always driven me to want to make a difference.

My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

Dad was a great advocate for social justice and a very quiet advocate of the essential Labor values.

I was privileged to serve as a judge.

My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.

My father would have been spectacularly ill-suited to working for an institution of any kind, and I suspect that, to a lesser degree, that's true of me, too.

My father made sure I was treated equally with my brothers.