Quotes by Sandra Day O'connor

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

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.

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.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading.

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.