"It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren"
- Sandra Day O'Connor
About this Quote
In this quote, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is highlighting the importance of safeguarding religious liberty in the United States. She suggests that it is not likely for a serious danger to religious liberty to come from a group of peaceful and reflective schoolchildren. This statement suggests that children are not typically the ones who position a threat to spiritual freedom, which it is the responsibility of adults to guarantee that this liberty is supported. O'Connor's words likewise recommend that spiritual liberty is a basic right that must be safeguarded, even in the presence of young and innocent individuals.
This quote is written / told by Sandra Day O'Connor somewhere between March 26, 1930 and today. She was a famous Judge from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Politics. The author also have 33 other quotes.
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"Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself"
"I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions"
"I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way"
"I think it's a mother's dream come true to see it work out that way. Not just the mother, but certainly parents, to know that their children have a very solid moral foundation and religious foundation"
"What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small"
