Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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 women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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