Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMy rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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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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Words could paint pictures.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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