My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIt’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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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 belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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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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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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