I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAn operatic voice is like no other.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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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 became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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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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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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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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