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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDissents speak to a future age.
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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Be independent and be a lady.
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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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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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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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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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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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