An operatic voice is like no other.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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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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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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 a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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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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