I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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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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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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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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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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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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