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I’m not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody’s waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.
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Doubt Jurisprudence Liberty
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.
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Lawyers Professors Young
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender
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Argument Court Gender
I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy.
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Believe Changed Law Times
We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.
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Approved Today Use Years
My hope is that 10 years from now, after I’ve been across the street at work for a while, they’ll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote.
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Hope Politics Wonderful Years
Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn’t a group decision.
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Clerks Decision Justice
I think it’s inevitable that some of the court’s decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.
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Criticism Decision Thinking
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.
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Learning Tasks Time
I’m not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody’s waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.
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Justice Philosophy Waiting
Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
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Family Nature Women
I don’t think it’s the court’s perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.
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Nature Political Roles Thinking
I think people know very little, really, about the court, how it works and its history. And both of those things are important in our country, but they’re not things that most citizens know much about.
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Country People Thinking
Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.
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Leadership Procrastination Sports
If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness – and there is no better way to do that than by example – their children will probably follow.
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Children Example Parent
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.
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Eye Leadership Race

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