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From Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor
- It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
- The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting…
- We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.
- Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries…
- My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave…
- The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
- I need to retire from retirement.
- Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect,…
- My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and…
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