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.

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

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.

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

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

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.

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

It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.

It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

Sandra Day O'Connor

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

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

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

Sandra Day O'Connor

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