You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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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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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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