Be independent and be a lady.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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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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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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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 became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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