I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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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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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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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 gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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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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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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