Sandra Day O'connor Quotes
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The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Less than one-third of eighth-graders can identify the historical purpose of the Declaration of Independence - and it's right there in the name.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender
— Sandra Day O'Connor
If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their children will probably follow.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Even in my own time and in my own life, I have witnessed a revolution.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Well, it's a little odd, the path I took, because when I was young, I wanted to be a cattle rancher. That was what I knew and that was what I liked.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.
— Edward Kennedy
This chance will stand before you only once.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I need to retire from retirement.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Cyberspace undeniably reflects some form of geography.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Suppose you had a cross burning in a play or a movie ... Would that be intimidating?
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
How dare you make my life a felony.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
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The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
It's hard to have little children and a job and career at the same time. There is no time left for you as a woman.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
— Sandra Day O'Connor
There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.
— Sandra Day O'Connor