The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAt the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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Work for the things that you care about.
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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 is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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