I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals.
Sonia SotomayorWhen you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.
Sonia SotomayorUntil we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.
Sonia SotomayorOutside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying homosexuals benefits or imposing burdens on them? Is there any other rational decision-making that the government could make? Denying them a job, not granting them benefits of some sort, any other decision?
Sonia Sotomayor