When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGEach part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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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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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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