Top 94 Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

About Sonia Sotomayor

These are some quotes by American author Sonia Sotomayor Judge, who was born on June 25, 1954.

I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions.

Sonia Sotomayor

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.

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All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

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You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.

Sonia Sotomayor

The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents struggling to work and to make ends meet. They don't have enough resources to give, they don't have enough resources to pay more, and these are the neighborhoods that go first.

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I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

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I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

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My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

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We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

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I think that the day a justice forgets that each decision comes at a cost to someone, then I think you start losing your humanity.

I think that the day a justice forgets that each decision comes at a cost to someone, then I think you start losing your humanity.

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