I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPeople who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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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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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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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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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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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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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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