Sandra Day O'Connor

"At a time when we see around the world the violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government, Americans may count themselves fortunate: Our regard for constitutional boundaries has protected us from similar travails, while allowing private religious exercise to flourish."

-Sandra Day O'Connor, in her concurrence with the Supreme Court majority decision in McCreary v. the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, one of O'Connor's last opinions before announcing her decision to retire.