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You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important.

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.

I'm a woman who likes to be courted - strongly.

Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions.

I often get too emotionally involved in my cases.

Obviously I'm a lawyer; I like to have cases.

Love is stronger than justice.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

If you love the rule of law, you must love it in all of its applications. You cannot only love it when it provides the verdict you seek; you must love it when the verdict goes against you as well.