Shirley Hufstedler Quotes

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.

Justice is a blindfolded woman.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared ... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

If you haven't failed, you haven't tried very hard.

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.