Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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 would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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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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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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