Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connoris a retired associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth26 March 1930
CityEl Paso, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Sandra Day O'Connor quotes about
children needs citizens
We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.
war rights citizens
A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.
government ideas citizens
You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.
voting citizens needs
As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.
The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.
knew
Well, it's a little odd, the path I took, because when I was young, I wanted to be a cattle rancher. That was what I knew and that was what I liked.
court depends exert power
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.
court fair helps people terms women
In terms of having the American people look at the court and think of it as being fair and appropriate for our nation, it helps to have women, plural, on the court.
legal reach
I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion.
As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.
jobs moving justice
My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.
may statistics death-penalty
If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.
persistence reality government
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.
years use today
We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.