Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes Click here for Sandra Day O'Connor books The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice "Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom." "I don't know that there are any shortcuts to doing a good job." "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." "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." "The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender." "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." "Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances." "We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens." "The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried." "A moment of silence is not inherently religious." |
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