I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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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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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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