A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDon’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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