242 Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination,

The worst thing you want is a willy-nilly judge who is swayed by the political whims of the era or the time. What you want is a judge who is thinking about what he or she is doing and is thinking about it in a principled way.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

I think that the day a justice forgets that each decision comes at a cost to someone, then I think you start losing your humanity.

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.