You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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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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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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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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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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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