Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

All of the legal defense funds out there, theyre looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we dont make law, I know. I know.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered.

If I write a book where all Ive ever experienced is success, people wont take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.

Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... youre given the job of a lifetime... youre permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in peoples lives.