Sonia Sotomayor

This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your…

— Sonia Sotomayor

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

— Sonia Sotomayor

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.

— Sonia Sotomayor

I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico -…

— Sonia Sotomayor

In the wider context, what I believe I was - the point I was making was that our life experiences do permit…

— Sonia Sotomayor

I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part…

— Sonia Sotomayor

The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before,…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“Over the years, I have gathered more godchildren than anyone I know, and I take the role seriously.”

— Sonia Sotomayor

I am growing to love DC.This [Washington] is a beautiful city. I think every citizen should come see their capital. A lot…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished…

— Sonia Sotomayor

You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.

— Sonia Sotomayor

“The persistence or failure of human relationships cannot be predicted by any set of objective or universal criteria. We are all limited,…

— Sonia Sotomayor

I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and…

— Sonia Sotomayor

With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my…

— Sonia Sotomayor

This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that…

— Sonia Sotomayor

I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“The tatters of old stories are tangled, weathered, muted by long-held silences that succeeded loud feuds, and sometimes no doubt re-dyed a…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“If you held to principle so passionately, so inflexibly, indifferent in the particulars of circumstance - the full range of what human…

— Sonia Sotomayor

One thing has not changed: to doubt the worth of minority students' achievement when they succeed is really only to present another…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“What Nelson saw driving me arises from a different kind of aspiration: the desire to do for others, to help make things…

— Sonia Sotomayor

Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

— Sonia Sotomayor

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

— Sonia Sotomayor

“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