The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAs women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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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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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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