So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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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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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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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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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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