A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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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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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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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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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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