I Had The Good Fortune To Begin

Justice Sandra Day O'connor Has Been A Pioneer, And Her Dedicated Service On The Supreme Court Will Never Be Forgotten. And The People Of The Country Certainly Owe Her A Great Debt For The Service That She Has Provided.

A Generation Earlier, I Think That Somebody From My Background Probably Would Not Have Felt Fully Comfortable At A College Like Princeton. But, By The Time I Graduated From High School, Things Had Changed.

Good Judges Develop Certain Habits Of Mind. One Of Those Habits Of Mind Is The Habit Of Delaying Reaching Conclusions Until Everything Has Been Considered.

One Of The Most Solemn Responsibilities Of The President And It's Set Out Expressly In The Constitution Is That The President Is To Take Care That The Laws Are Faithfully Executed, And That Means The Constitution. It Means Statutes. It Means Treaties. It Means All Of The Laws Of The United States.

I've Learned A Lot During My Years On The 3rd Circuit, Particularly, I Think, About The Way In Which A Judge Should Go About The Work Of Judging. I've Learned By Doing, By Sitting On All Of These Cases. And I Think I've Also Learned From The Examples Of Some Really Remarkable Colleagues.