Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“You’ve got to get your education! It’s the only way to get ahead in the world.” — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“It seems obvious now: the child who spends school days in a fog of semi-comprehension has no way to know her problem… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“[T]he more critical lesson I learned that day is still one too many kids never figure out: don't be shy about making… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
To the extent that the parents who send their children to these [Catholic] schools are parents like my own, who actually have… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“Many of my classmates have happier memories of Blessed Sacrament, and in time I would find my own satisfaction in the classroom.… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico - they're all… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
In the wider context, what I believe I was - the point I was making was that our life experiences do permit us to… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
“Over the years, I have gathered more godchildren than anyone I know, and I take the role seriously.” — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I am growing to love DC.This [Washington] is a beautiful city. I think every citizen should come see their capital. A lot of the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there. Page 188” — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
“The persistence or failure of human relationships cannot be predicted by any set of objective or universal criteria. We are all limited, highly imperfect… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share