I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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Words could paint pictures.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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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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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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