Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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 would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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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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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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