I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.
Sandra Day O'ConnorYou have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.
Sandra Day O'ConnorAnd I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer.
Sandra Day O'ConnorWe pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.
Sandra Day O'ConnorApparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges.
Sandra Day O'Connor