I’m not very good at promotion.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGChoosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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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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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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