The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIn every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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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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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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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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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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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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