I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDepriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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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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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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