My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
RUTH BADER GINSBURGSo often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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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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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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