A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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Words could paint pictures.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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