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Sandra Day O’Connor Quotes
Sandra Day O’Connor Quotes
Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions. I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice
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, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice
Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice
Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don’t know how much history young women today know about those battles.
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice
