When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGNo one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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