Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor

[Court] is an institution that depends on making tough decisions in close cases for reasons that it explains well and that, in the past at least, have proven satisfactory to the public.

Decision

Past

Tough

A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. … Public records are one portal through which the people observe their government, ensuring its accountability, integrity, and equity while minimizing sovereign mischief and malfeasance

Government

Integrity

People

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.

Lawyer

Professors

Young

As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself – and not just by voting.

Citizens

Needs

Voting

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

Graduation

Impact

Inspiring

being a member of the court is a lot like walking through fresh concrete. Do you remember doing that as a child and leaving a footprint and it hardens after you? I’m afraid that’s what we do and we look back and we see those opinions we’ve written and they’ve sort of hardened after us.

Children

Law

Leaving

Cyberspace undeniably reflects some form of geography.

Cyberspace

Geography

Internet

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.

Learning

Tasks

Time

Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn’t a group decision.

Clerks

Decision

Justice

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.

Borders

Country

Looks

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Alzheimer's

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Arizona

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Beer

Borders

Care

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Citizens

Civility

Class

Clerks

Conception

Conflict

Constitution

Country

Court

Cyberspace

Decision

Democracy

Destiny

Doe

Earning

Equality

Example

Eye

Family

Firsts

Framers

Gaps

Geography

Government

Graduation

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Great Day

Healthy

Heartbreaking

History

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Insecurity

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Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor

[Court] is an institution that depends on making tough decisions in close cases for reasons that it explains well and that, in the past at least, have proven satisfactory to the public.

A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. … Public records are one portal through which the people observe their government, ensuring its accountability, integrity, and equity while minimizing sovereign mischief and malfeasance

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.

As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself – and not just by voting.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

being a member of the court is a lot like walking through fresh concrete. Do you remember doing that as a child and leaving a footprint and it hardens after you? I’m afraid that’s what we do and we look back and we see those opinions we’ve written and they’ve sort of hardened after us.

Cyberspace undeniably reflects some form of geography.

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.

Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn’t a group decision.

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.

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