"Those of us who were college students in the sixties and seventies possessed a confidence that many things about America and the world could and would be changed once we got the chance. Among the long list of things we thought could be fixed, I will mention two which we were certain we could remedy: the environment and discrimination against women and minorities… Well, it's not solved. And as I grow to understand more personally that life has an end as well as a beginning, I do not relish the prospect of looking back over my shoulder at the next generation and feeling forced to say, 'I'm sorry. We didn't get the job done.' "

Randall T. Shepard
Chief Justice of Indiana

"It is essential that the judicial system convey to the public its appreciation for the goal of racial and gender fairness. Our nation has long been struggling with racial and gender discrimination and it may be that we will never see that perfect day when such attitudes do not exist. However, the judiciary, charged as it is with protecting individual rights, has a heightened level of responsibility to foster and promote equality. The judiciary must lead the efforts to achieve unprecedented fairness in the judicial system …"

Myra Selby
former Indiana Supreme Court Justice