Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMost states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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