My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.
Sandra Day O'ConnorEach justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision.
Sandra Day O'ConnorWe 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.
Sandra Day O'ConnorIt's hard to have little children and a job and career at the same time. There is no time left for you as a woman.
Sandra Day O'ConnorI care very much about women and their progress. I didn’t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.
Sandra Day O'Connor