o'connor Quotes

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

“It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.”

“All in the Family was intellectual it was art.”

“Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.”

“Even a true artist does not always produce art.”

“They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.”

“Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.”

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

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.”

“Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.”