As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just… — 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
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
We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think people know very little, really, about the court, how it works and its history. And both of those things are… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
