The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
“A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.” — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. ... Public records are one portal through… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The Constitution does not protect the sovereignty of States for the benefit of the States or state governments as abstract political entities,… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The purpose prong of the Lemon test requires that a government activity have a secular purpose. That requirement is not satisfied, however,… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
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… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states. I'm a… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
You have to answer the question, like it or not. And the questions deserve a valid legal response, even if the response isn't one… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. ... Public records are one portal through which the… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn't go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature,… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, but then they guide the horse with loose reins… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share
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