The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIt is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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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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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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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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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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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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