Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou can’t have it all, all at once.
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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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 would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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