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
country thinking issues
I suspect that over time we will rely increasingly, or take notice at least increasingly, on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues. [Doing so] may not only enrich our own country's decisions, I think it may create that all important good impression.
thinking
I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.
thinking political
I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.
thinking decision criticism
I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.
thinking people duty
I think most people didn't want to do court duty.
country thinking people
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.
country children thinking
I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.
jobs thinking great-day
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.
beer thinking mexican
So how as a nation can we sit around and eat Mexican food, and drink beer and make friends? That's the question. If we can do that on a broader scale, I think we'll come out of it all right.
gratitude thinking appreciate
I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given.
inspirational thinking important
I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.
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.