I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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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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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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My 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.
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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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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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