Quotes by Sandra Day O'Connor

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men’s and women’s earnings for the same work.

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation’s schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it’s unfortunate.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children’s education.

We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

We 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.