You are hereQuotes / David's Quotes / I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences
I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences
"I am reminded each day that I render decisions that affect people concretely and that I owe them constant and complete vigilance in checking my assumptions, presumptions and perspectives and ensuring that to the extent that my limited abilities and capabilities permit me, that I reevaluate them and change as circumstances and cases before me requires. I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate."
from the lecture: ‘A Latina Judge’s Voice’ - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15judge.text.html
