Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWe had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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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 think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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