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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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 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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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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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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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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