One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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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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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Words could paint pictures.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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