Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI would not like to be the only woman on the court.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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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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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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