Work for the things that you care about.
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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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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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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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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Words could paint pictures.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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