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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.

Sandra Day O'Connor

[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
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
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 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
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
I think most people didn’t want to do court duty.
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Duty People Thinking Want
Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.
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Family Nature Women
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
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.
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Democracy Intimidation Judging
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
The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination …is an unfortunate reality…and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it.
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Government Persistence Reality
If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.
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Great Day Jobs Thinking
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
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
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
Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.
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Doubt Jurisprudence Liberty

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