I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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My 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.
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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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