The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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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An operatic voice is like no other.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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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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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Words could paint pictures.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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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 do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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