I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMy 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.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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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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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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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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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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.
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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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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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