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.
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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Words could paint pictures.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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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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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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