The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue.
More Quotes from Sandra Day OConnor:
I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.Sandra Day OConnor
The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.
Sandra Day OConnor
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.
Sandra Day OConnor
Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court.
Sandra Day OConnor
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.
Sandra Day OConnor
Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.
Sandra Day OConnor
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Letters Quotes, Woman QuotesWooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.
Maureen Dowd
I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable.
Javier Bardem
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
Sitting Bull