You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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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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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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