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The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Success

Constitution

Nation

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.

There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Court

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.

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

Court

When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As a state court judge, it never would have occurred to me to do so, and when I got to the Supreme Court, it was very much the same. We just didn't do it.

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Country

Precedents

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Job

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Family

Understanding

Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.

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.

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.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Time

May

I need to retire from retirement.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Retirement

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.