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I loved my husband very much, and it was heartbreaking to have him develop Alzheimer’s disease, and to stand by and watch him decline in his ability to take care of himself.

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.
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Eye Leadership Race
How dare you make my life a felony.
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Dare Felony Gay Lgbt
Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.
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Borders Country Looks
I’m a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it’s terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don’t like.
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Decision Judging People
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.
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Focus Media Too Much
It is a measure of the framers’ fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.
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Majority might Politics Value
[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.
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Church Community Political
I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.
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Court Regard Thinking
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.
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Democracy Intimidation Judging
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.
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Atheism Firsts Religion
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.
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Generations Government Teach
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
Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.
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Leadership Procrastination Sports
Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
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Family Nature Women
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
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.
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Children Issues Want

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