“I think anybody who has been in Washington for almost 40 years has been there too long.” Quote by Kelli Ward
“I'm a physician. I see the physiological changes that happen in normal aging, in patients again and again and again over the last 20, 25 years. So I do know what happens to the body and the mind at the end of life.” KnowsYearsMindEndsBodyHappensLastsNormalAgingPatientAgain And AgainPhysiciansEnd Of LifePhysiological Author:Kelli Ward
“I think people know very little, really, about the court, how it works and its history. And both of those things are important in our country, but they're not things that most citizens know much about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesImportantCountryCitizensCourtOur Country Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I think most people didn't want to do court duty.” PeopleThinkingWantDutyCourt Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.” ThinkingPoliticalRolesCourtExplaining Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.” ThinkingShouldRegardCourt Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.” PeopleThinkingWorldHumansWarSavingHuman LifeRationale Author:Sebastian Junger
“[Court] is an institution that depends on making tough decisions in close cases for reasons that it explains well and that, in the past at least, have proven satisfactory to the public.” WellsReasonPastDecisionCasesDependsToughInstitutionsCourtProvenTough DecisionsMaking Tough Decisions Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.” ThinkingFoundDecisionSubjectsCriticismCourtInevitableRight Decision Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“You have to answer the question, like it or not. And the questions deserve a valid legal response, even if the response isn't one that will be easily understood. You have an obligation as a member of the court to do what you are bound to do under federal law, even if it isn't an attractive resolution from a public standpoint.” IfsLawAnswersMembersUnderstoodDeserveCourtResponseBoundsObligationAttractiveResolutionStandpoint Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“Historically, it took a long time before the court took any women law clerks. Finally, it did, but the numbers have never matched very effectively the percentages of law graduates out of graduating classes. We have far more than we ever did before and it's continued to grow, but it isn't a nice match yet.” LongLawGrowsNumbersClassNiceLong TimeCourtGraduatesPercentagesClerksMatchedGraduating Class Author:Sandra Day O'Connor