It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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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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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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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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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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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