[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community. — 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, by the mere existence of some secular purpose, however dominated by religious purposes... The proper inquiry under the… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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