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 became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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