I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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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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Words could paint pictures.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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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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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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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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