People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI 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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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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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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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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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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