If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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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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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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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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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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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 unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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