Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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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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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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I 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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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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