Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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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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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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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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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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