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I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
Sonia Sotomayor
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Sonia Sotomayor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 25
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor
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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
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I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.
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Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value.
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Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.
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I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.
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As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.
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Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or not prove them, the record as they create it, and then making a decision that is limited to what the law says on the facts before the judge.
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I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate.
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There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.
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As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he died of AIDS. Would I and my brother have been able to resist the lure of drugs in the surrounding schools? Who knows.
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My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
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Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.
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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
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I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.
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I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.
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The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.
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When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.
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The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents struggling to work and to make ends meet. They don't have enough resources to give, they don't have enough resources to pay more, and these are the neighborhoods that go first.
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