There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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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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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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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