Top 66 Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor

About Sandra Day O'Connor

These are some quotes by American author Sandra Day O'Connor Judge, who was born on March 26, 1930.

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.

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

I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

Sandra Day O'Connor

If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

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.

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

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.

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

Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges.

Sandra Day O'Connor

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