The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen 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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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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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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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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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Words could paint pictures.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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