If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou can disagree without being disagreeable.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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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’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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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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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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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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