I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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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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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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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 would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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