When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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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.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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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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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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