Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.

Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly.

I have faith in the judicial system.

I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely

We’re not here to secure convictions; we are here to secure justice.

This may not be a just peace, but it is more just than the continuation of war.

Where conflicts are identified, they will be resolved.

Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.

I believe myself to have been a reasonable prosecutor, and when the facts and evidence show a criminal violation has been committed, the individuals involved should not dictate whether the case is prosecuted.

Justice is that system of adjusting conflicting interests which makes the group strong and progressive rather than weak and retrogressive whereas injustice is a system of adjusting conflicting interests which makes a nation weak and retrogressive rather than strong and progressive.

True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.

With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong.

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.

My attorney general will restore the integrity of the Department of Justice which has been severely questioned.

The business of government is justice.