It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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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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An operatic voice is like no other.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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