When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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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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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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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My 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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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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