Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIn every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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Work for the things that you care about.
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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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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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No 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.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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