I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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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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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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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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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 became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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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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