Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGSo that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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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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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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