143 Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.

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.

I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.

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.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.

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.

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.