American - Judge | March 26, 1930 -
A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.
Sandra Day O'Connor
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I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.
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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.
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If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.
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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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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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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.
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