I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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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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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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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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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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