When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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