I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThere is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Words could paint pictures.
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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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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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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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