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.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNORWe have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.
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Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
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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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I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don’t know how many you’re going to be given.
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How dare you make my life a felony.
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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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Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.
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Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn’t a group decision.
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I think most people didn’t want to do court duty.
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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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If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.
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I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation’s schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it’s unfortunate.
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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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Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.
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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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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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