Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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Be independent and be a lady.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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 conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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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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