I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPrisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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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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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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