The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure.… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did.… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions. — 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 product of state government in my own state of Arizona. And it seemed to me that the popular election of judges was creating major problems in many states, and we had improved the system in Arizona.… — 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 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
