I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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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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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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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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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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