I’m not very good at promotion.
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 would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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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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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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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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