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Kate O'Regan
11 quotes
“Changing the patterns of inequality and injustice, which are still so embedded in South African society even 30 years later, is an ongoing project and a challenging one that requires perseverance, imagination, and commitment.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best thinking happens when you disagree and when people bring a perspective you hadn't considered – one that makes you really think.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Justice Kate O'Regan: Making law work for all by Juta and Jacpod 20th March, 2025
“As long as we realise that we are not perfect and a lot needs to be changed in a variety of things, we will get there.”
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“I think one of the things that has ran through the people who have been in this court is a commitment to human rights; a commitment to changing things for the betterment of all South Africans.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SA needs more women on the bench - Judge O'Regan 23rd June, 2009
“You cannot build a culture against corruption unless there is a serious commitment to do that.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Where there is a lot of corruption in our society, people tend to assume that decisions are taken for corrupt reasons not the reasons in the public interest, and in a democracy we do expect public decisions to be taken in the public interest accordant with our publicly stated values in the constitution, not for reasons of private gain.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tackling corruption within South Africa 26th May, 2022
“Human rights start in small places: in the workplace, in the family, in the home, in our organisations — just the ordinary places where human beings are.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The way in which we treat people in our ordinary lives, whether it's in our homes, our workplaces, our schools, this is a place where you can start fostering an understanding of what it means to be respectful of human rights.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Could We Do More to Secure Human Rights? Interview with Professors Kate O’Regan & Başak Çalı 28th September, 2026
“It is important to remember that in a sense, the Constitution seeks to ensure that there’s diversity on the Bench, not simply because identity itself matters, but because diversity helps in the project of impartiality.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Former Constitutional Court Justice Catherine O’Regan receives George Bizos Human Rights Award. Daily Maverick, 16 October 2026.
“There is no off-the-shelf, one-size-fits-all democratic defenders’ playbook. How to resist authoritarianism thus remains by and large a local project.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Former Constitutional Court Justice Catherine O’Regan receives George Bizos Human Rights Award. Daily Maverick, 16 October 2026.
“We’ve come an enormously long way.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Former Constitutional Court Justice Catherine O’Regan receives George Bizos Human Rights Award. Daily Maverick, 16 October 2026.