A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDissents speak to a future age.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDon’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOne thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGReacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWho will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAt the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think our system is being polluted by money.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWork for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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