The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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Words could paint pictures.
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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