242 Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

If I write a book where all I’ve ever experienced is success, people won’t take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.

I think there’s a large segment of the mainland population that does not really understand the number of territories that are part of the United States.

If you’re poor, you don’t often live near a good school. If it’s a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.

I wouldn’t approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can’t rely on what’s in their heart. They don’t determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law.

No matter how liberal I am, I’m still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land', in most instances they're not even law.

I don't prejudge.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.