Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMost states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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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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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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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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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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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 didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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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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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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