The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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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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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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