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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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 remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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