Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThere’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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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 think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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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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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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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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 emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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