Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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