Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes - Page 5

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• And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Lawyer, Professors, Young

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• being a member of the court is a lot like walking through fresh concrete. Do you remember doing that as a child and leaving a footprint and it hardens after you? I'm afraid that's what we do and we look back and we see those opinions we've written and they've sort of hardened after us.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Children, Law, Leaving

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• 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 in his ability to take care of himself.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Husband, Alzheimer's, Heartbreaking

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• The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work. This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Art, Mean, Ideas

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• What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Media, Attention, Firsts

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• I didn't want to be out of order answering any questions.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Order, Want

  "Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 3, 2013.

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• I'm not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody's waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Philosophy, Justice, Waiting

  "Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 3, 2013.

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• Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Justice, Decision, Clerks

  "Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 3, 2013.

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• Historically, it took a long time before the court took any women law clerks. Finally, it did, but the numbers have never matched very effectively the percentages of law graduates out of graduating classes. We have far more than we ever did before and it's continued to grow, but it isn't a nice match yet.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Nice, Law, Class

  "Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 3, 2013.

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• The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Males, Female, Welcome

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• [Court] is an institution that depends on making tough decisions in close cases for reasons that it explains well and that, in the past at least, have proven satisfactory to the public.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Past, Decision, Tough

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• I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Thinking, Political, Roles

  "Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 3, 2013.

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• There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Court, Hostility

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• Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Issues, Looks, Damage

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• I think most people didn't want to do court duty.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Thinking, People, Want

  "Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 3, 2013.

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