Sarah Weddington famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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It is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively as state legislators or others in government, to make such personal decisions for someone else.
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The immediate problem is, where will the doctors come from?
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Women, justifiably, feel vulnerable at a time so many years after their journey for reproductive freedom started.
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We are not here to advocate abortion. We do not ask this Court to rule that abortion is good or desirable in any particular situation. We are here to advocate that the decision as to whether or not a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that individual. That, in fact, she has a constitutional right to make that decision for herself and that the state has shown no interest in interfering with that decision
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For a lot of women, one of the hardest things about leadership is the desire to be liked by everyone. That's often inconsistent with leadership. It's certainly inconsistent with taking positions on very controversial issues.
-- Sarah Weddington
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Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good.
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It's embarrassing ... you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
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I agree that ***** laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of ***** -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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Public opinion in this country is everything.
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I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong to withhold medical methods of terminating life painlessly and swiftly when an individual has a rational and clear-minded sustained wish to end his or her life.
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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.
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…for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.
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Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.
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A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us.
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