Shirley Hufstedler

“If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.”

“The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.”

“Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.”