My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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Words could paint pictures.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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