Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGReal change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWords could paint pictures.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThere’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGChoosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMy rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIt’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGSo that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen 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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