A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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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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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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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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