Justice Sonia Sotomayor quote

[KS Toronado]

[peggysue2]

1. This is where we all need to be

Perfectly human but at the end of the day ferocious, not letting down or giving up.

[calimary]

2. EXCELLENT quote by Justice Sotomayor!

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Think I’ll use it for this next week. One way or another, its message is a good one.

[KS Toronado]

3. It's like she's saying

Never give up hope, get back in the game.

[calimary]

21. Seems like a perfect quote for relevancy.

We usually put our Call to Action email together on Saturdays, it’s edited by Sunday, corrections made per the editor and then handing off to the publisher on Sunday, usually by mid-afternoon.

I’m the - well - head writer, for lack of anything better. So I’m “chief shepherd” all weekend as the project moves through writing to distribution.

One thing I’m constantly looking for is a good quote. Happy to say it’s a real embarrassment of riches. Sometimes I want to use more than one quote but we’ve gotta keep it to one.

I see a LOT of choice quotes week-by-week right here on DU. And I use ‘em! Like this Sonia Sotomayor quote I saw earlier today. A definite keeper!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. I got one that will mess with your head ...

We ain't never not made it yet!

This is an actual quote from a defiant, determined woman and, while it may cause English teachers to rend their garments, gnash their teeth, and suffer migraines, it makes perfect sense to anyone who has any ties to Appalachia.

[calimary]

25. That's a real teeth-gritter, Hermit!

Hurts even to think of it.

[KPN]

4. She speaks for many millions of us.

[JudyM]

5. Thank you for this.

[Martin68]

6. Thank you, Justice Sotomayor.

[mountain grammy]

7. K & R and thank you.

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. It must be quite challenging for her and her more sane peers to go to work every day

When they are dealing with a majority of mouth foaming RW radicals who want to destroy all legal precedents when it comes to American rights.

[NJCher]

9. I think about them with

every idiotic decision that Alito, Thomas, et al are shoving down our throats these days. What is it like for her, for Elena Kagan, and our newest justice, Katanji Brown Jackson.

I never give up on the big stuff because I just tell myself I have to do my part. It's always something achievable.

I do give up on some things, though, but they are usually inconsequential matters where I can see the time doesn't justify the end.

[Hortensis]

10. I am grateful to them for hanging in in such tough times,

though I don’t know what else people of character and integrity could do. They have to be there for when…

No matter what was behind Justice Kennedy’s retirement, it was a huge failure of duty and indicator, at best, of the wrong material.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. great quote. Thanks

[patphil]

12. Old saying, "It's not the falling down that defines you, it's the getting back up".

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. But when all one does is fall down... (n/t)

[patphil]

14. You know I'm not talking about tripping on the sidewalk don't you?

Falling down as in failing in one way or another, or being knocked down.
Staying down can be construed as the easy way out.
Getting back up again is a test of strength and determination.

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Yes, I understood what you were saying. (n/t)

[FakeNoose]

16. Ketanji Brown Jackson will be saying the same thing in a few years

God bless them and give them strength. God grant them long and healthy lives!

[republianmushroom]

17. Lady you rock

[Pepsidog]

18. She should rip the band aid off and come right out and plainly say what she thinks. This court is

illegitimate and it's rulings are inconsistent with our values and legal precedent. Call them ideologues motivated by Christen Nationalism. Her quips here and there are nice but it's time for radical measures. Go on national TV and call USSC illegitimate.

[czarjak]

19. She ain't sayin' "Vote Republican".

[niyad]

20. Exactly.

[DFW]

23. It must be a crushing burden

She knows she is one of three people--out of nine--who makes decisions that affect the whole country, and actually cares about the people those decisions affect. She knows that three will perpetually be two short of a majority, and that the other six will usually vote against that majority of the people (and that five always will).

[Joinfortmill]

24. Love her. She's so real.