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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGReal change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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 think our system is being polluted by money.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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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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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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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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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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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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