So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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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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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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