Top 66 Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor

I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.

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.

Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

I need to retire from retirement.

It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.