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Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

Sandra Day O'Connor

I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.
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Constitution Rights Talking
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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School Teaching Years
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.
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Atheism Firsts Religion
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
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.
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Generations Government Teach
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
If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.
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Christian Groups Religious
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
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.
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Ability Alzheimer Heartbreaking Husband
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 tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.
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Cases Constitution Law
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
Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It’s possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
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Civility Conflict Manners
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.
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Democracy Healthy Judging
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
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

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