I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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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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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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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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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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