When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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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 conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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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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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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